Wikimedia CommonsThe brother, sister and personal assistant of Gary Kaplan, the erstwhile emperor of the BETOnSPORTS offshore, online gambling outfit, have rolled in the federal racketeering case brought against them by the federal government.Neil Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz and Penelope Ann Tucker yesterday each pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering before U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson. Kaplan and Kaplan-Multz, who worked at the gambling operation for several years apiece, also each ple
Gary Kaplan, founder of the now-defunct online gambling business BETonSPORTS, delivered a big win to the U.S. Department of Justice last week when he pleaded guilty to racketeering and fraud. Part of the plea-bargain included Kaplan's forfeiture of more than $43.65 million in proceeds he acquired from running the billion-dollar betting operation in Costa Rica.The feds have wasted no time in making available that $43.65 million to bettors and others who spent money with BETonSPORTS and Kaplan.
Earlier this week Daily RFT reported that bettors could begin laying claim to their piece of the $43.65 million in online gambling proceeds that Gary Kaplan, founder of the now-defunct BETonSPORTS, has forfeited to the U.S. government. Steve Holtshouser, the federal prosecutor handling Kaplan's case, says bettors are actually not entitled to the money. Though the government's official notice says "any person...claiming an interest in the forfeited property" may file a petition to recoup his/h
Gary Kaplan, the founder of the now-defunct offshore cyber-gambling empire known as BETonSPORTS, was slated to be sentenced on federal racketeering charges in U.S. District Court tomorrow. But that proceeding has been rescheduled for November 2 at 1:30 p.m. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson granted the change at the behest of Kaplan's Texas attorney, Chris Flood. Flood has been clocking some serious overtime trying to acquit Kaplan's brother-in-law, Warren Hoeffner Jr., in a fraud and money-l
U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson has sentenced Gary Kaplan to 51 months in prison. It was the maximum sentence allowed for under a complicated plea agreement that his lawyer struck with federal prosecutors. The millionaire founder of the now-defunct offshore gambling operation known as BETonSPORTS has been in federal custody since his arrest in March 2007 and may receive credit on his sentence for time already served.Kaplan and his cohorts were the subjects of a 2007 RFT feature story, "Doub
Gary Kaplan's brother and sister have each been sentenced to house arrest for helping to make the now-defunct BETonSPORTS a billion-dollar offshore sports book.U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson yesterday ordered Neil Kaplan and Lori Kaplan-Multz each to spend ten months on house arrest. Both Kaplans reside on the East Coast, and originally hail from New York. That's where their big brother, Gary Kaplan, got his start in book-making, according to court records, before heading offshore to warme
