Civil Forfeiture

MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR BETONSPORTS FOUNDER GARY KAPLAN

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Gary Kaplan, the founder of the offshore gambling firm BetOnSports, has been given the maximum prison sentence of 51 months for “conspiring” to break racketeering laws in the US, among other violations. Kaplan has been in jail since March 2007, and has already agreed to hand over around $44 million to US Authorities which... »

”RICH LIST” TYCOON REFUSED BAIL FOR £111M WALL STREET FRAUD

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

A business tycoon who invested in the Miss World competition and was even included in the Sunday Times Rich List faces a lengthy jail sentence after conviction for his part in a $175m wall street share fraud.  Trevor Baines, a millionaire several times over,  collapsed in an Isle of Man court and received medical... »