Costa Rica Sportsbook
Owner Named in Lottery
Scam Case
According to a report
filed over a year ago by
the U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ), Jaime
Ligator, owner of the
Horseshoe casino in San
José, detained last May
18, contributed
financially to the
opening a call centre
that was presumable used
to defraud dozens of
Americans with false
prizes.
Ligator, when he was
arrested, was the
president of World Wide
Land Investments which
had offices on the third
floor of Mall San Pedro.
This is a firm that
specializes in selling
lots to North Americans.
A former sportsbook
owner, Max Allan Stone,
was also named in the
case and alleged to have
been part of the scam
that preyed on mostly
elderly citizens living
in the United States.
The scam artists called
people in the United
States informing them
they had won a lottery.
The victims were then
supposed to send a
“deposit” via
Western Union.
Another of those named
in the complaint,
Severin Marcel Stone,
28, and presumably a
relative of Max Allan,
is being extradited back
to the United States.
Severin Marcel Stone was
detained in January in
San Rafael de Escazú
where he operated a food
outlet in a shopping
mall. |
