BetOnSports - Carruthers Remains In Jail
Published: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
BETONSPORTS LATEST - CARRUTHERS REMAINS IN JAIL
No help for ex-CEO as family tries to raise million dollar bail
The Times reports that three weeks on from his arrest whilst transiting the USA, David Carruthers remains in jail whilst his family and friends try to raise the million dollar bail set by US authorities, and find a "permanent address" for him in St. Louis until his case can he heard.
The former chief executive of BetOnSports is accused of racketeering and fraud, and will be forced to stay in a cramped county jail cell until at least the end of this week, as his lawyers and family struggle to raise $1 million bail and have yet to find somewhere suitable for him to live upon his release, the report reveals.
His lawyer, Tim Evans told reporters that it was proving difficult to raise the cash quickly and that a suitable home for the former BetOnSports chief to live in has not been found.
"We have to get the bail money together before they will let him out" Evans said from his office in Fort Worth, Texas. "We also have to find a suitable place for him to live. Neither of those things has been done yet." However, Evans said he hoped that both bail requirements would be met by the end of the week.
Carruthers and ten others were named last month in a 22-count indictment issued by the US Justice Department. BetOnSports is accused of taking bets from US residents by phone and internet and avoiding taxes. The target of the Justice Department appears to be Gary Kaplan, the founder of BetOnSports, who moved offshore after being arrested on gambling charges in New York in 1993. Federal prosecutors also claim that there are links between BetOnSports and the Gambino organised crime family of New York.
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