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More Organized Crime in U.S. Online Casinos

Allegations that organized crime families are involved in black market online casino gambling and internet sportsbetting are becoming increasingly true as the police are busting long-established illegal gambling rings. A recent bust of the gambling ring based out of Boca Raton, Florida has several individuals arrested in the case with one more with a warrant out for his arrest in connection with the illegal online sportsbetting charges. According to the Broward County police department, the online casino gambling and betting ring has operated for as long as eight years out of a home-base in Costa Rica.

Police investigated and infiltrated the gambling ring for the past three years, and according to the preliminary police reports, one of the men in custody, Dr. Michael Schwartz, used his business, a podiatrists office, as a front for laundering money among other charges. All of the parties under arrest face a slew of charges related to racketeering, money laundering, and illegally offering online casino gambling and sportsbetting services to Americans.

Further, the police department claims that individuals within the gambling ring, and within the Costa Rican gambling company that processed the bets, are related to organized crime families in New York. The online sportsbetting ring was highly lucrative after having been established for eight years, and initial reports indicate that the online gambling ring brought in several million each year. Although 11 individuals have been arrested thus far in the case, the police are still looking for a bookmaker who was allegedly also involved in the casino sportsbetting gambling ring.