09:0324 Dec A former professional poker player is facing 13 years behind bars over his role in a £2.25 cannabis empire. Luang-Huu Bui was arrested three years ago after police seized over 1,200 cannabis plants with a street value of up to £2.25 million at an industrial unit near Comber,Continue Reading
09:3611 Dec A former UCLA decathlete has been jailed for 17.5 years for his part in a cannabis vape pen fraud. David Joseph Bunevacz, 53, of Calabasas, was found guilty of fraud after scamming as much as $45 million from investors. Judge Dale S. Fischer ordered the American-Filipino to payContinue Reading
07:4404 Dec A tribal leader in Massachusetts has been jailed for 3 years after accepting bribes of cash, a home gym and hotel stays from the owner of an architecture firm involved in a casino build project. 57-year-old Cedric Cromwell, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, the former Chairman of the Mashpee WampanoagContinue Reading
Charlotte Lowery, 36, of Willow Close in Lesbury, Northumberland, has been sentenced to 28 months in jail for stealing over £100,000 ($12,000) from her employer and friend to finance her gambling addiction No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Lowery abused the trust of Anne Park, a 71-year-old hotel owner, and usedContinue Reading
08:1413 Nov Jeffery Bernard Morris, convicted last month of the brutal murder of poker pro Susie “Q” Zhao, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Michigan’s Oakland County Circuit Court reconvened just over a month after a jury took less than one hour to findContinue Reading
08:2616 Oct A 53-year-old English woman has been jailed for almost 5 years after stealing close to £1.5million ($1.68million) from her employer over 10 years to fund her gambling habit… Karen Brailsford, 53, of Rotherham, admitted to defrauding Clay Cross firm Urban Design and Development Limited (UDDL) from March 2012Continue Reading
Three Hong Kong police members faked a raid to protect an actual unlicensed casino. An undercover cop reported their actions to the police, leading to their arrest. The trio was eventually sentenced to several months in prison. Three Policemen Helped Stage a Fake Raid The three convicts are the 56-years-oldContinue Reading
Australians are some of the most prolific gamblers on Earth and this has often raised the question of problem gambling. One such story led Lisa Trison to a life of crime with the woman now sentenced to serve jail time over the embezzlement of money from several employers in orderContinue Reading
07:5612 Dec Four men who used an old scammer’s trick to defraud bookmakers across England out of more than £600,000 have been handed jail sentences totalling 8 years… The main ringleaders of the scam, Thomas Wheatcroft, 40 , and Charlie Shaw, 33, along with Michael Sadgove-Tarrant, 37, and Paul Hubbold,Continue Reading
08:5615 Nov A “popular and respected” doctor in the English town of Portsmouth has been jailed for more than three years after embezzling over £1million to fund his online gambling habit. 45-year-old Rumi Chhapia made 65 transfers totalling £1,133,704.50 to himself from a healthcare fund over a 41-day period inContinue Reading