Category: Crime
Gambling Machine Forger Bilked Stores Across Pennsylvania
A Bethlehem, Pa. man who allegedly operated a voucher-counterfeiting scheme for skill-gaming machines across northeastern Pennsylvania was charged last week with felony theft and forgery. Anthony Diehl pictured after a previous arrest for drunken driving and fleeing or eluding police. He used a network of vulnerable people to cash forged vouchers in return for drugs…
Read MoreIllegal Online Gambling Outfit Threatened High-School Kids, Cops Say
Ontario’s provincial police are investigating allegations of an illegal online gambling outfit targeting high-school students who were then threatened with violence if they didn’t pay up, Bradford Today reports. The Ontario Provincial Police, above, said they have arrested an underage “agent” of TopBets for making threats to kill a high-school gambler who owed the operation…
Read More$1.2M Sports Betting Fraudster’s Lawyer Asks for Leniency
A Sydney, Australia man who claimed he had developed an algorithm to gain an edge against the bookies could avoid a prison sentence for defrauding investors in his sports betting fund, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reports. Michael Pryde, above, whose lawyer said he was “naïve” and “reckless” with other people’s money but not greedy…
Read MoreStanley Ho’s Hong Kong Mansion Goes on Sale for $383M
The mansion where late Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho lived with his first wife, Clementina Leitão, is on the market for HK$3 billion (US$383 million). Stanley Ho pictured outside his home in the 1980s. The mansion has reportedly fallen into disrepair since the death of his first wife, Clementina Leitão, 20 years ago. (Image: SCMP)…
Read MoreMalaysia Opens Criminal Investigation Regarding Johor Casino Report
Police in Malaysia have begun a probe into a media report spurred by Bloomberg suggesting that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with two gaming industry billionaires to discuss a possible casino resort development in Johor’s Forest City. Bloomberg journalist Ram Anand and his attorney exit Malaysia’s Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Monday,…
Read MoreStar Casino Gambler Fled to China After Fake Chips Discovered
A gambler who used “exceptionally high-grade counterfeit chips” in an attempt to defraud Sydney’s Star Casino last month sprinted from the premises and escaped on a flight to China just hours later, Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports. The Star Casino Sydney, above. Police speculate that the suspect in a chip counterfeiting case may have been planning…
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