| Posted by: CasinoNow at July 30, 2006, 10:17 am | | Topic: Betting firm is linked to US Mafia kingpin Forum: Winner Online |
Not dated, so I can't be sure how old it is, but I saw it on another site with a May 27, 2005 date, so I assume that's roughly accurate. I guess we know where the name came from. lol
SDS NAMED IN FURTHER GAMBLING CASE
Illegal bookies busted in Syracuse
Readers of last week's InfoPowa report on the New York and Pennsylvania arrests for illegal gambling last week will possibly recall the name Safe Deposit Sports (SDS) a Costa Rican outfit alleged to have handled some of the illegal transactions in that case.
The name came up again this week when Syracuse and state police cracked what they say is the biggest illegal gambling operation they've ever experienced.
The authorities were alerted by anonymous tip-offs more than a year ago in the Syracuse case. Once again, sophisticated eavesdropping techniques such as wire taps and advanced technology surveillance were deployed to identify and track the offenders.
It transpired that local safe deposit boxes and off-shore accounts were used to launder money taken by the illegal bookies.
City detectives and state police fanned out early this week and quickly arrested 41 of the 46 people including a state trooper they were looking for, said Sgt. Tom Connellan, of Syracuse police.
Police charged them with a total of 403 felonies and 163 misdemeanors in what police say was a $20.3 million gambling operation.
"This is unquestionably the biggest illegal gambling operation we've ever had here," said Lt. John Corbett, of Syracuse police.
Detectives have found $155,000 of the money in safe deposit boxes.
The rest of the money remains unaccounted for, but police have evidence money was being forwarded to Costa Rica through a "clearinghouse" known as Safe Deposit Sports, Connellan said. Police believe that was a phony corporation set up to launder money, investigators said.
Most of the betting activities happened locally and typically were on NFL games and college basketball.
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