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Costa Rica authorities investigating the the disappearance of 5Dimes sports book owner William Sean Creighton (43) have found his body, according to a brief report in the local English-language newspaper Costa Rica Star. When we went to press on Sunday morning there was little additional information and no apparent official confirmation that the body has …
Costa Rica authorities investigating the the disappearance of 5Dimes sports book owner William Sean Creighton (43) have found his body, according to a brief report in the local English-language newspaper Costa Rica Star. When we went to press on Sunday morning there was little additional information and no apparent official confirmation that the body has …
The whereabouts and well-being of Costa Rica sports betting chief Sean “Tony” Creighton remained unknown Saturday, weeks after his reported kidnapping by a gang of five men whilst on his way to work (see previous reports). On Friday a local newspaper reported that Creighton’s wife had asked the manager of Creighton’s company 5Dimes to send …
The whereabouts and well-being of Costa Rica sports betting chief Sean “Tony” Creighton remained unknown Saturday, weeks after his reported kidnapping by a gang of five men whilst on his way to work (see previous reports). On Friday a local newspaper reported that Creighton’s wife had asked the manager of Creighton’s company 5Dimes to send …
Costa Rica-based online sports betting executive William Sean Creighton (43) has reportedly been kidnapped, and has not been seen since he left for work on the night of September 24. Creighton, known locally as “Tony”, was driving his Porsche Cayenne SUV when he was run off the road by a gang of four armed men …
Costa Rica-based online sports betting executive William Sean Creighton (43) has reportedly been kidnapped, and has not been seen since he left for work on the night of September 24. Creighton, known locally as “Tony”, was driving his Porsche Cayenne SUV when he was run off the road by a gang of four armed men …
According to local media reports international online poker provider PokerStars is preparing to shut down its Costa Rica office, a move that could impact up to 300 local employees. The reason for the shutdown is apparently the company’s increasing focus on the regulated markets segment of online sports, casino and poker, with particular attention to …
According to local media reports international online poker provider PokerStars is preparing to shut down its Costa Rica office, a move that could impact up to 300 local employees. The reason for the shutdown is apparently the company’s increasing focus on the regulated markets segment of online sports, casino and poker, with particular attention to …
It seems that Costa Rica lawmakers, and indeed the public at large, have little interest in improving the nation’s dubious reputation as an online gambling jurisdiction, judging by the lack of debate around the issue in the current presidential elections. To be fair, the same could probably be said about the economy in general as …
Local media reports from Costa Rica have associated 5Dimes online gambling manager Marisol Carvajal Cordero (35) with a bank ‘source of funds’ investigation which saw the closure of the company’s accounts at the Banco de Costa Rica late last year. The bank advised at the time that the closure had been imposed because it had …
Federal prosecutors unsealed a new indictment in Newark, New Jersey Monday, alleging that there has been U.S. organised crime involvement in a Costa Rica-based sports betting site titled BetEagle.com. The indictment named 13 US residents, alleging that some were members of the Genovese organised crime family and the LaScala Crew. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman …
The US Department of State claims that internet gambling is among the main money laundering channels operating in Costa Rica, home to mainly sports betting operators for many years. In an article on the issue this week, the newspaper AM Costa Rica says the latest study comes from the Money Laundering and Financial Crimes division …
Costa Rica’s serious crime problems – and reducing these with increased enforcement action funded by a new gambling operator tax – was a major pillar in the election platform of presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla last year . But it appears that the proposed 15 percent tax on gross revenue has been shelved…at least for the …
“Due to the circa 500 online gambling operators that are based in Costa Rica, the gaming industry generates circa US$14.5 billion. This places Costa Rica as having the largest gambling market within Latin America.” That’s just one of the facts and figures contained in Research and Markets latest study of the Costa Rica sector.
The on again – off again initiatives by the Costa Rica government to regulate and tax online gambling operators based in the country appear to be hardening into action, with the Finance Ministry of recently elected president Laura Chinchilla (51) unveiling its draft plans, revised after protests by local operators.
Rumours that the many online gambling operators based in the tax haven of Costa Rica are about to be taxed were given credibility this week by the respected UK publication The Economist.
Speculation in July this year that the Costa Rican Finance Minister was about to introduce a new taxation regime targeting online gambling companies has been confirmed by the publication Inside Costa Rica.
Long on operators and short on real regulation is the widely held player perception of the Costa Rica licensing jurisdiction in online gambling.
The respected English language newspaper AM Costa Rica has speculated that the 36-year-old American arrested in the region this week on 450 charges of fraud is believed to be Jeff Pearson, alleged by various online gambling forums to be a former online casino operator with a shady reputation.