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    Investors scramble to recover up to US$1 billion as Caribbean Forex scams collapse

    An epidemic of investment fraud is causing financial misery to victims who appear to be predominantly Caribbean residents and Caribbean expatriates living in the United States.Tens of thousands of investors are believed to have invested between US$650 million and US$1 billion over the last five years in more than two dozen unlicensed schemes, many of which promised returns of between 6% and 25% per month.

    UK gaming firm pleads guilty to racketeering in US

    British gaming firm BETonSPORTS Plc has pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering charge in the United States, prosecutors announced yesterday.Under a plea agreement, BETonSPORTS will receive leniency in return for helping with the criminal prosecution of 14 co defendants, who

    US indicts offshore gaming operators

    The United States Government has continued its onslaught against the offshore gaming industry by indicting a British firm and several of its alleged employees and agents.The indictment against BETonSPORTS Plc and related parties was brought at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on June 1, 2006 and sealed until July 17 so arrests could be made.