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The American Gaming Association, high off its chest pumping move to have powerhouse Daily Fantasy Sports companies kicked out of Nevada, has announced a joint collaboration with the FBI to go after illegal gambling operators.
“Our efforts with the FBI will help us make significant headway in the fight against illegal gambling,” said Geoff Freeman, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association. “In particular, the Internet Crime Complaint Center will be an invaluable tool for people in every state to report tips about the multi-billion dollar illegal gambling sector that preys on consumers, steals jobs and deprives state and local governments of revenues generated by the legal, regulated casino gaming industry.”
“Establishing and maintaining strong partnerships with public and private industry counterparts is essential in combating illegal gambling,” said Chris Warrener, Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “The joint initiative leverages the Internet Crime Complaint Center network to address transnational crime groups that use illegal gambling, most notably Internet sports gambling, as a means of financing other forms of violent and illicit activities.”
On Tuesday it was revealed that two former online gambling operators from Israel had been involved in the biggest hacking scheme against the Dow Jones Industry and JP Morgan. Both men were already arrested following charges of fraud in connection with similar hackings.
Three years ago, a Vegas sports book director with Cantor Gaming was arrested for his role in an illegal multi-million dollar Internet sports betting ring.
And last year, a Malaysian businessman and his son were charged with running an illegal World Cup betting ring from their Las Vegas villa. The judge ultimately threw out that case after it was revealed that the FBI had overstepped its boundaries in pretending to be cable repairmen in an effort to gain access to the villas.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
