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Online Gambling Ring Pulled In Over $1 Billion Per Year
NEW YORK -- A Miami couple who helped run a $1.4 billion-a-year Internet gambling business pleaded guilty this week to felony charges, prosecutors said.
Daniel and Melissa Clarin are the latest in a string of more than two dozen people to admit being part of an operation that processed bets through offshore computer servers and a Web site.
A Queens judge said Daniel Clarin will likely serve two to seven years in prison. He will be sentenced next month. Clarin, who pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption, will also have to forfeit $254,000, prosecutors said.
Melissa Clarin may escape jail time, if she forfeits $72,000 in illegal earnings. She pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors said the gambling ring used a combination of old-school bookies and new technology to take bets from tens of thousands of customers.
The accused ringleader, James Giordano, is Melissa Clarin?s father, prosecutors said. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
NEW YORK -- A Miami couple who helped run a $1.4 billion-a-year Internet gambling business pleaded guilty this week to felony charges, prosecutors said.
Daniel and Melissa Clarin are the latest in a string of more than two dozen people to admit being part of an operation that processed bets through offshore computer servers and a Web site.
A Queens judge said Daniel Clarin will likely serve two to seven years in prison. He will be sentenced next month. Clarin, who pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption, will also have to forfeit $254,000, prosecutors said.
Melissa Clarin may escape jail time, if she forfeits $72,000 in illegal earnings. She pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors said the gambling ring used a combination of old-school bookies and new technology to take bets from tens of thousands of customers.
The accused ringleader, James Giordano, is Melissa Clarin?s father, prosecutors said. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
