Online Gambling Chief Nabbed in Panama
A former head linesmaker for the online gambling website Nine.com was nabbed in Panama while attempting to obtain a new passport. MajorWager.com first broke the story Sunday morning.
The linesmaker, whose first name is “Rick”, was well respected within the offshore sportsbook world. He had recently lost over 400 pounds.
Rick also worked in the same operation as high profile poker cheat and scammer Allan “AJ Green” Grimard. You might recall that Grimard worked as a consultant for the online poker room Absolute Poker, where he used a “super user” account to cheat players out of thousands of dollars in specified tournaments. Absolute later had to refund all individuals who participated in the tournaments.
Some former Nine.com employees have been named as operating a “scam” business, LazerWager.com. Rick has no involvement in any of the later scams or the culprits involved in them.
Rick had previously worked at a sports betting operation whose owners were indicted over a decade ago for tax evasion. It is unclear why the US government had taken in the former Nine.com bookmaker.
source: www.gambling911.com
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