Crime
Poker Player Who Killed Parents Won’t Get Death Penalty
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office will not seek the death penalty for Ernest Scherer III, now 31, who is accused of killing both his parents. former San Ramon Valley schools trustee Ernest Scherer Jr., 60 and Charlene Abendroth, 57, a longtime Cal State East Bay accounting lecturer, were both found brutally stabbed and beaten to death in their Pleasanton home last year. Both the father and son were well known on the professional poker circuit.
BOL Loon Claimed Bookie Tried to Have Him Killed
We received the call a little over two years ago. The tipster told Gambling911.com that BetOnLinec.com was "under investigation" and that "we should report this".
The individual calling us claimed to have been a partner with Joseph Fafone, who on Tuesday was arrested at the Rochester, New York Airport as part of a Queens District Attorney's investigation into BetOnLine.
"I am working with the Feds," said the tipster. "I have to. My life is in danger."
It pretty much went completely downhill from there in terms of the tipster's credibility.
Maryland Online Gambling Investigation Seizes Emails
California online payment-processor, Electracash, Inc., continues to be charged by federal investigators out of Maryland who are in the midst of probing the industry. The primary target appears t
New York Media Eats Up Bet On Line “Mob” Connections
The indictments and subsequent arrests of several individuals connected with the Panama-based online gambling site, BetOnLine.com, has taken center stage in the New York media, painting everyone as
Former BetonSports CEO Carruthers Running Marathons
Riverfront Times
Tue., Oct. 20 2009
By Kristen Hinman
PokerListings Founder Andreas Oscarsson Murder for Hire
Swedish authorities investigating the murder of PokerListings.com founder Andreas Oscarsson are working on the assumption that the incident was a contract killing.
Gambling Godmother Captured
SHANGHAI - The Chongqing Mafia cleanup that has been grabbing headlines across China for nearly five months got a whole lot more exciting this week when the only woman alleged to be a gang boss app
Cheats Overtake Mobsters on Vegas Black List
Mobsters and those connected with the mob are now the minority among Las Vegas's infamous casino Black Book.
Of the 21 people banned from Nevada casinos between 1990 and 2000, most had alleged mob connections, according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun. From 2001 to today, only seven names were added to the list, and all except one were casino cheats.
Is Pitbull Poker Running a New Scam
For the third time in less than a week, embattled online poker site, Pitbull Poker is back in the news once again. As was previously reported, the site, which has ceased operations amid allegations of using superuser accounts to cheat its customers out of money, as well as having their leadership placed under arrest, did some curious tweaking to their website yesterday.
Things Getting Even Worse for Pitbull Poker
When your offices close up shop and your boss is placed under arrest, normally, things can't get much worse for your company. However, things really are getting worse for the newly defunct Pitbull Poker and its operators with the news that after learning that the site was in fact doing shady things against its customer, players are now seriously considering taking legal action against them.
22 Robbed at Private Poker Game In Oklahoma
Police are searching for two men in connection with last week's robbery of 22 people during what police described as a "private poker party" in northwest Oklahoma City.
Yankees Pitcher Jailed for Vegas Gambling Debts
Shawn Chacon, who once pitched for the New York Yankees, was arrested Monday in Greeley, Colorado, for a warrant that alleges he wrote bad checks to Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas last spring.
RICO Law Criticized as Open to Abuse
JJ Hensley, The Arizona Republic
Gambler Swindles $500K From Priest
AN elderly Catholic priest was conned into handing over nearly $500,000 to a drug-using gambler, a court has heard.
Full Tilt Poker Lawsuit Details Released
The folks from Pokerati.com have obtained the latest lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker in its entirety, all 19 pages of
Racketeering Schemes Had Ties to Internet Gambling
BY Jose Martinez and Brian Kates
Ben Roethlisberger Rape Suit Will Not Be Dismissed
A Nevada judge will not dismiss a civil suit alleging Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger raped a Lake Tahoe casino worker. Lawyers for Roethlisberger filed a Motion to Dismiss, wh
Pitbull Poker Owners Arrested
If you have been following Gambling911.com over the last 24 hours, you would know that the online poker room Pitbull Poker had shut its doors with what appears to be zero intention of payin
BetonSports Former CEO David Carruthers Changes Plea
The one time CEO of BetonSports, David Carruthers, has changed withdrawn his "guilty" plea after being indicted on various charges stemming from the operation of the Costa Rican-based onl
Planet Hollywood Reort: Busts Called Part of Safety Push
By Arnold M. Knightly, Las Vegas Review Journal
Feds Seize More Accounts in Maryland Tied to Online Gambling
Six more bank accounts connected to online gambling have been seized by the Maryland US Attorney's Office. These were all Wachovia Bank accounts held by a company called Forshay Enterprises, Inc.
Maryland Actions Most Certainly Concern to Online Poker
When Gambling911.com first broke the news this past weekend that the US Attorney's Office out of Maryland had been embroiled in an aggressive probe of online casino powerhouse, Golden Casino, the o
Carmen The Cheeseman DiNunzio Extorted Boston Bookie
(Associated Press) - The former underboss of the New England mob is scheduled to be sentenced this week for bribing an undercover FBI agent posing as a state official in an attempt to win a $6 mill
New Task Force Set Up To Go After Online Gambling
A new Assets Forfeiture and Financial Crimes task force has been implemented at the US Attorney's Office in Baltimore Maryland which is already being used to go after online gambling operations.
Golden Casino The Subject of Online Gambling Investigation
Gambling911.com can now report exclusively that the US Attorney's Office out of Maryland in conjunction with the US Attorney Office out of New York and Louisiana State law enforcement in addition t
More News on Houston Poker Room Gun Battle
The funeral for Barron Glenn Boutte is today in Houston.
Former DC Cop Part of Gambling, Drug Ring
Federal prosecutors say a former District police officer and 11 others were part of a criminal ring that flooded Southern Maryland with cocaine for the past three years.
Darrell Alphonso Carter hasn't been a police officer for more than a decade. During some of the time since leaving the force, prosecutors say he ran a gambling operation in St. Mary's County that catered to the drug dealers he also did business with. The gambling was high stakes, with as much as $80,000 bandied about.
Court Date Set for Antoine Walker Vegas Casino Debt Case
LAS VEGAS-(Associated Press) -- A Las Vegas court has pushed back a status check to Oct.
Las Vegas Metro Undercover Drug Ops Hit Casinos
The Las Vegas Metro Police are undergoing an aggressive attempt to crack down on swimming pool "drug" parties at casino hotels throughout the strip. The latest target: Rehab at the Ha
MD Investigation Expands to Other Online Poker Groups
Gambling911.com can confirm that an ongoing investigation being conducted by the US Attorney's Office out of Baltimore has expanded beyond a single online gambling company.
