The former chief of Betonsports, David Carruthers, has been hold in custody for 3 years under house arrest, but after 3 years of being under house arrest, David Carruthers, decided to withdraw an arranged guilty plea just days before he was due to be sentenced by a US court on federal racketeering conspiracy for violating US' swaggering restrictions of online gaming including repeated mail fraud, Wire Wager Act violations, operation of an illegal gambling business and money laundering.
Carruthers declined comment after the court hearing, but said during the proceeding that he initially was unaware online gambling was illegal when he was hired byGary Kaplan in June 2000. Carruthers' attorney, Scott Rosenblum of St. Louis, did not return phone calls seeking comment. However, the company itself, based in Costa Rica, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in May 2007.
David Carruthers' arrest took place in Dallas airport after coming in from Bahrain. Carruthers was supposed to land in Costa Rica, where the operational base of the company was located.
The purpose and intentions for Carruther's withdrawal of his guilty plea stay behind uncertain. According to a spokesperson for the US attorney’s office in St Louis, Missouri, the prosecutors are not willing to talk about the case. The company’s founder, Gary Kaplan, along with other Betonsports executives, is still pleading guilty.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, BetonSports agreed to supply evidence and witnesses in the cases against Carruthers and the company’s founder, Gary Kaplan, in exchange for which the company was released from the threat of criminal prosecution.
This recent development is expected to catch on the hop the supporters of Carruthers, who have been keeping their fingers crossed on his return home on Friday, at which point he was expected to be permited to return to the UK having already been in U.S. custody for more than three years.
Federal agents have been investigating offshore sports gambling since 1997, and BetOnSports since 2001. After a short legal filing, the court has granted the “motion to set aside David Carruthers' guilty plea.” The hearing for the “change of plea” is scheduled meanwhile for October 14.
Carruthers declined comment after the court hearing, but said during the proceeding that he initially was unaware online gambling was illegal when he was hired byGary Kaplan in June 2000. Carruthers' attorney, Scott Rosenblum of St. Louis, did not return phone calls seeking comment. However, the company itself, based in Costa Rica, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in May 2007.
David Carruthers' arrest took place in Dallas airport after coming in from Bahrain. Carruthers was supposed to land in Costa Rica, where the operational base of the company was located.
The purpose and intentions for Carruther's withdrawal of his guilty plea stay behind uncertain. According to a spokesperson for the US attorney’s office in St Louis, Missouri, the prosecutors are not willing to talk about the case. The company’s founder, Gary Kaplan, along with other Betonsports executives, is still pleading guilty.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, BetonSports agreed to supply evidence and witnesses in the cases against Carruthers and the company’s founder, Gary Kaplan, in exchange for which the company was released from the threat of criminal prosecution.
This recent development is expected to catch on the hop the supporters of Carruthers, who have been keeping their fingers crossed on his return home on Friday, at which point he was expected to be permited to return to the UK having already been in U.S. custody for more than three years.
Federal agents have been investigating offshore sports gambling since 1997, and BetOnSports since 2001. After a short legal filing, the court has granted the “motion to set aside David Carruthers' guilty plea.” The hearing for the “change of plea” is scheduled meanwhile for October 14.
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