Baltimore feds target Internet gambling sites

Comment #21

CutlassBob — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:41:03 GMT

Todd For President

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:45:17 GMT

The most important thing you can do is remember this on election day.

From DC to your state and local government, find out who supports this BS and get rid of them.

Comment #19

eve128 — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:48:18 GMT

Seems like the real problem is the fact that maryland has tryed 2 stay away from any form of legal gambling and this just shows that it is a market for all types of betting . Our racetracks lose every day because we want 2 control the money going in and out of the few off track betting keno and pcik 4 pick 3 match five mega millions powerball and rub of tickets . We r so in the dark ages in this town . I think all the bettors should at least get back the money that they used 2 fund their account... [ More ]

Comment #18

joker17 — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:31:55 GMT

Thanx, I see you did your homework on this....

Comment #17

Todd — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:07:09 GMT

I'm sure that's some of it, but the real motivation behind what the Feds decide to do is two-fold: They want wins and they want those wins to be supporting their political agenda.

The wins are important to the troops who investigate and carry out the operations, because they are career workers.

The political agendas are important to the people authorizing the operations: the political appointees of the administration. The priority for things they decide to go after are set from the highes... [ More ]

Comment #16

joker17 — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:54:55 GMT

Isn't the real motive to stop the gambling because they can't get a piece of the pie

Comment #15

sully16 — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:23:08 GMT

Theres one glaring fact no one has thought of, this was Done by Homeland security and immigration, They spent all this time, man hours, money, to catch gamblers and still our borders are under protected, especially in Arizona. Oh thats right they got 33 million, silly me. I feel so much safer knowing those hardened poker players are of the internet, We need people with common sense, Todd your in Jersey, you think you can talk Christie into running.

Comment #14

PlanB — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:00:55 GMT

Also stop all the illegal alians that are coming into the U.S. that's costing us more than any $33 million internet gambling site.

Comment #13

bootleg233 — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:57:36 GMT

People arent allowed to live how they choose and spend what they want on what they want in America anymore!! I say if you arent hurting anyone spend as you will on what you will and if it is to good to be true then thats your chance to take........

Comment #12

danyo1332 — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:17:52 GMT

Couldn't have said it any better

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:10:42 GMT

I forgot the dollar sign.

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:07:19 GMT

Yep, sounds like one of their Keystone Kops operations.

But as always, even though the only ones hurt were American citizens, in their minds, it's the thought that counts.

Yes, all incompetence and failure aside, they meant well.

Promotions all around

Comment #9

Todd — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:01:24 GMT

The story says $33 million in transactions, not 33 million transactions.

That means people are out $33 million because of the fake banking scheme created by the Feds.

Comment #8

Technics — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:54:07 GMT

amazing , yet they cant stop the influx of cocaine thats coming into the united states borders via miami and mexico.......wooooooooooooooow

Comment #7

JKTAYLOR1 — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:45:52 GMT

I totally agree with you.

Comment #6

Todd — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:42:42 GMT

To me, it appears the Feds screwed up and this operation was a big mistake. TWO YEARS of running a huge fake banking scheme, and they have zero arrests. Just indictments. Seems to me the biggest losers are not the offshore companies that lost some pretty worthless domain names, but the average citizens who apparently are losing all their money that they wagered.

I wish the Feds would just cut it out, and stop mucking around with the Internet. Or, if they're going to insist on mucking aroun... [ More ]

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:20:38 GMT

I'd say you're right.

Making (confiscating) money is Job One with the feds.

Comment #4

Tenaj — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:14:02 GMT

That's what I'm saying. They had to make a profit from the 33 million in transations. Just saying.

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:09:57 GMT

They handled 33 million in transactions and seized 11 bank accounts.

Doesn't really say what they netted.

Comment #2

Tenaj — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:00:55 GMT

So, if for 2 years they had 33 millions dollars in transations with a fake company, who got the profits? The Feds? They made money right.

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:54:56 GMT

It just kills the feds to know people are making money and they're not confiscating half of it off the top before they ever get to see it.

Drives 'em absolutely nuts.

Baltimore feds target Internet gambling sites

Lottery Post — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:52:54 GMT

Phony company was set up to catch illegal betting businesses

Federal investigators in Baltimore set up a phony business and handled $33 million in transactions from Internet gamblers in a lengthy sting operation that led to the indictment of two online betting companies and their international owners.

Details were released Monday after 11 associated bank accounts were seized in five countries and 10 web domain names were shut down.

It is illegal for Internet gambling enterprises to do