Online Casino News:
Carruthers Gets More Jail Time
by Joanne R Thursday, January 14, 2010
at 9:09 PM
It is crazy to think that in this day
and age we are sending people to jail
for online casino gambling. It literally
blows the mind that someone could go to
jail for running an online casino site.
There are people walking around
literally killing people and our
government is spending our tax payer
money making sure that the dangerous
criminals that run online casinos stay
in jail.
David Carruthers is the perfect example
of what has gone wrong in this country.
Carruthers was just sentenced to three
years in jail for allowing online casino
gambling, and for breaking the law that
makes it illegal. They said that he was
illegally accepting sports bets at his
online casino, and US District Court
Judge Carol Jackson told him he would be
serving three years. Jackson said that
they felt that Carruthers knew the whole
time that what he was doing was illegal.
Carruthers has already spent 32 days in
jail and was on house arrest for three
years and five months. This means that
for operating his online casino he is
getting almost seven years in prison.
Witnesses to the hearing said that it
was outrageous that he had gotten
further time especially on a plea
bargain. They complained that there were
child molesters who got less time than
that and that they felt that it was
excessive. Experts say that they are
trying to make an example of him which
is why they have been so tough on his
sentencing.
Carruthers pled guilty to racketeering
conspiracy charges and all other charges
were dropped because of the plea. His
partner Gary Kaplan also pled guilty and
is serving a 51 month prison term as
well as forfeiting $43 million to the
US.
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