Were you Screwed By Betonsports? You Might
Get Your Money Back
The Eye on Gambling information website
reports that online sports gamblers owed
money by the now defunct BetonSports.com may
be able to retrieve something from the
debacle that left so many gamblers in the
lurch.
The portal points to official notices from
the US Justice Department inviting
disadvantaged players to file a written
petition with the federal court in St Louis.
The court has been dealing with BetonSports
founder Gary Kaplan, who earlier this week
pleaded guilty to racketeering and other
charges and deposited a forfeited amount of
$43.65 million into a Justice Department
account .
The forfeited monies are the proceeds
obtained by Kaplan during his running of the
billion dollar BoS online gambling business
in Costa Rica.
Eye on Gambling founder, Kenneth Weitzner
says he expects to see a lot of fraudulent
allegations of people being owed money by
BetonSports.
The official notice from the DOJ reads:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI,
EASTERN DIVISION
COURT CASE NUMBER: S5-4:06CR337 CEJ; NOTICE
OF FORFEITURE
Notice is hereby given that on August 14,
2009, in the case of U.S. v. Gary Stephen
Kaplan, Court Case Number S5-4:06CR337 CEJ,
the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Missouri entered an
Order condemning and forfeiting the
following property to the United States of
America:
Approximately $43,650,000.00 in U.S.
Currency presently held by the United States
District Court, Eastern District of
Missouri, in Bank of America account number
XXXXX5233 which was transferred on or about
July 31, 2009, from Leecroft Investments
Group's Swiss bank account at Banque Privee
Edmond de Rothschild S.A., Account number
XXXXX0347 (09-IRS-000847).
The United States hereby gives notice of its
intent to dispose of the forfeited property
in such manner as the United States Attorney
General may direct. Any person, other than
the defendant(s) in this case, claiming
interest in the forfeited property must file
a Petition within 60 days of the first date
of publication (August 18, 2009) of this
Notice on this official government internet
web site, pursuant to Rule 32.2 of the
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and 21
U.S.C. § 853(n)(1). The petition must be
filed with the Clerk of the Court, 111 South
10th St., Suite 3.300, St. Louis, MO 63102,
and a copy served upon Assistant United
States Attorney Charles S. Birmingham,
Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse, 111 South
Tenth Street, 20th Floor, St. Louis, MO
63102.
The petition shall be signed by the
petitioner under penalty of perjury and
shall set forth the nature and extent of the
petitioner's right, title or interest in the
forfeited property, the time and
circumstances of the petitioner's
acquisition of the right, title and interest
in the forfeited property and any additional
facts supporting the petitioner's claim and
the relief sought, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §
853(n).
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