Gary Kaplan
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Gary Kaplan (born on January 05, 1959 in New York) was the founder of BetonSports.com (BoS), an online sports betting company which between 2002 and 2004 took in wagers amounting to nearly $4 billion, 98 percent of which came from the Unites States.[1] In 2004 BoS went public on the London Stock Exchange.
On July 17, 2006 the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri office, citing the Federal Wire Act of 1961, which prohibits the use of a wire communication facility to transmit bets across state or foreign borders, issued a 22 count indictment for Gary Kaplan and eight others, including David Carruthers. Other violations noted in the indictment included Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, interstate transportation of gambling paraphernalia, interference with the administration of Internal Revenue Service laws and tax evasion. Nine months later he was arrested in the Dominican Republic and Interpol transferred him to U.S. custody.[2]
Kaplan is currently being held in a St. Louis County Jail awaiting a trial that could result in a Federal prison sentence of more than 83 years and fine in the millions.
He is married and father of two children.
