$1.5 Million Forfeiture for Illegal Gambling Business - Rocklin and Roseville Today
, a corporation headquartered in Loomis, and Kevin Freels, 41, of Loomis, pleaded guilty to conducting an illegal gambling business related to Internet sweepstakes cafés, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. As part of its plea agreement, Capital Sweepstakes agreed to forfeit over $1. 5 million in profits generated through its illegal gambling business. "Today's pleas are the result of Capital Sweepstakes' attempt to avoid those laws while building a sprawling and lucrative enterprise based upon a purported sweepstakes game that was in fact the functional equivalent of a slot machine. "As exemplified by the elaborate and illegal fictions used by Capital Sweepstakes Systems, the FBI will investigate efforts to subvert lawful gambling regulations," said Special Agent in Charge Monica Miller of the FBI's Sacramento field office. I thank our Gambling Task Force and the Bureau of Gambling Control for their investigative work. According to court documents, from January 2013 to September 2014, Capital Sweepstakes provided software and hardware systems for Internet sweepstakes cafés. Source: www.rocklintoday.com
