Feds bust Inet gambling

[David Honig]

All parties were consenting but the Fed doesn't like it.

First the virtual betting parlors.
Then the virtual banks and cryptocash.



http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/wired/story.html?s=n/reuters
/980304/wired/stories/gambling_1.html
	
Wednesday March 4 4:56 PM EST 

U.S. authorities launch Internet gambling crackdown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal authorities charged 14 people on
Wednesday with running gambling sites on the Internet in violation of
federal laws. 

In complaints unsealed in Manhattan Federal Court, the U.S. Attorney's
office charged the 14 with using Internet Web sites and telephone lines to
bet on U.S. football, basketball, hockey and baseball games, charging a 10
percent commission per bet. 

At least some of the defendants were scheduled to appear before a U.S.
magistrate judge later on Wednesday. 

The defendants were charged with using Internet sites to open bettor
accounts, usually with a minimum deposit of $500, and then accepting bets
on games and game score spreads and maintaining accounts for clients. 

Client funds were directed to banks or addresses in such offshore locations
as Antigua, Curacao, Costa Rica and Panama, where betting is legal. But the
complaints alleged that the six operations conducted much of their business
within U.S. borders. 

One defendant, Steven Budin, 27, of SDB Global (www.sdbg.com), said his
business used the Internet only for marketing, not to take bets. 

"We don't take wagers over the Internet," he said. 
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      David Honig                   Orbit Technology
     honig at otc.net                  Intaanetto Jigyoubu

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