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Pennsylvania gaming regulators have levied a $100,000 fine against BetMGM after concluding the company did not have strong enough safeguards in place to prevent fraud on its online betting platforms. The penalty was approved during the board’s public meeting on March 25 and stems from a consent agreement negotiated with the agency’s Office of Enforcement […]
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Since buying Twitter for around $44 billion in late 2022, Elon Musk has changed the name to X, merged […]
Federal prosecutors say a 31-year-old Jamaican citizen is now facing serious charges in Connecticut over what they describe as a yearslong sweepstakes scam that drained millions of dollars from older Americans. Court documents unsealed in New Haven lay out allegations that Richard Murray and several others operated the scheme beginning as early as 2018. Investigators […]
Fraudulent Lakeland tax preparer Jeffrey Dixon, who used falsified gambling winnings and losses to defraud the IRS, has been sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison after pleading guilty last summer. The Florida local pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the filing of false and […]
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos, has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to release her from prison with nearly six years left before she is eligible for release. Holmes sought to commute her 11-1/4-year sentence last year and her request remains pending, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon […]
California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says he has a solution for Silicon Valley elites angered by his embrace of a wealth tax: Tackling fraud. Over the weekend, Khanna came under fire from some donors and allies in the tech industry after he endorsed a wealth tax. Labor groups in California are trying to add a […]
A finance director who swindled a business based in Birkenhead, England, out of nearly £1.9 million ($2.4 million) has been sentenced to prison after his “predilection for gambling got out of hand.” Allan Wood, 59, from Saltersgate in Ellesmere Port, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday (December 23) after admitting to four counts of […]
The U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington has sentenced a man in Tampa, Florida, to seven years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns tied to fabricated gambling winnings and losses. Along with the sentencing, the court has […]
Over in Calgary, in Canada, two men and three women have been arrested as they are alleged to have been working together to defraud a casino located in the city’s southeast. The news comes from the Calgary Police Service, who say they were contacted after casino management staff became suspicious of possible fraudulent activity and […]
A former manager for a tribal gaming company has been sentenced after pleading guilt to theft and tax fraud. 36-year-old Michael Anthony Houser has been sentenced to a total of 106 months in prison for one count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and one count of tax fraud. In addition, he must pay […]
