US indictment charges operators of Antigua gambling website

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2006

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Two operators of an Antigua-based Internet gambling site have been indicted on charges of violating US money-laundering statutes, officials announced.

The Justice Department said in a statement that the indictment unsealed in Washington this week of the operators of WorldWide Telesports, Inc. charges two companies and two individuals in connection with laundering of some 250 million dollars in Internet wagers.

"This indictment underscores the Justice Department's commitment to attacking illegal Internet gambling concerns by using federal anti-money laundering laws," the agency said in a statement.

Charged in the indictment were 65-year-old William Scott, an American who renounced his US citizenship and had been living in the tiny Caribbean...

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