Sportingbet executive arrested in U.S.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - The United States has arrested   a second Internet gaming executive, adding to fears of a   crackdown on the lucrative industry and wiping over $1.5   billion off the stock market value of the UK-listed sector on   Thursday.
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Online bookmaker Sportingbet said its   chairman faced charges in the United States for providing   "gambling by computer," sparking fears no executive in the   $12-billion-a-year industry was safe from prosecution.
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Police have arrested a Syrian arms dealer wanted by the United States for conspiracy to aid terrorists and conspiracy to kill Americans, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Friday.
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Online gambling website Sportingbet will push ahead in trying to find more American customers and acquisitions despite the arrest of its former chairman in the United States, its new chief executive said in an interview published in The Financial Times.
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An American citizen specializing in the Internet was arrested by the Belarus KGB for allegedly mishandling funds, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday citing the country s authorities.
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The chairman of online bookmaker  Sportingbet.com Plc, Peter Dicks, was arrested on a warrant  from Louisiana at John F. Kennedy International Airport late on  Wednesday, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and  New Jersey said on Thursday.
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The chairman of on-line gambling website Sportingbet has resigned following his recent arrest in the United States, the group announced.
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The United States Embassy in Beijing confirmed on Thursday that the chairman of an American electronics distribution company had been arrested and accused of causing
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Buffalo Sabres forward Adam Mair was arrested following a bar fight early Tuesday morning.
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U.S. horse racing faced a nationwide  scandal on Friday, after federal prosecutors charged 17 people  in connection with a doping scheme investigators suspect was  part of a $200 million illegal gambling ring.
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A New York man who was sentenced some five years ago for his role in a securities fraud scheme was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding investors of millions of dollars in a foreign exchange scam.
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Online betting firm Unibet says its boss has been detained by police over an alleged breach of French gambling laws.
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The former chief and founder of   Comverse Technology Inc., Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, was arrested   in Namibia on Wednesday, where he awaits extradition to the   United States to face criminal fraud charges related to stock   options.
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The United States arrested on Monday a Mexican laboratory owner accused of helping make huge quantities of crystal meth, four months after police found $206 million cash in his Mexico City mansion.
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Sport: Detectives probing allegedly dodgy deals in the Premiership have made their first arrest.
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Disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson has been arrested in Las Vegas in connection with an alleged armed robbery at a casino hotel, police said on Sunday.
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The United States has arrested a California-based movie executive and his wife on suspicion of paying $1.7 million in bribes to a senior Thai official to secure lucrative contracts to run a film festival in Bangkok.