| Published on July 12, 2008
Three local residents have been arrested by a special Investigation Unit of the Montgomery County Sherrif's Department in Houston, Texas for being involved in an Internet gambling operation in Costa Rica.
These three residents are Justin Franciscotty, 37 years old, his wife Ana Franciscotty, 30 years old and Stephanie Uselton, 25 years old. They were charged with second-degree crime money laundering, which punishment can go from 2 to 20 years prison and up to $ 10,000 fine.
The officers of the SIU got a search warrant and broke in to the residence where the 3 criminals lived. It's still not clear where the SIU had all the information about the crime from. Franciscotty gained their money just from the online gambling operation based in Costa Rica. They were receiving large amounts of money mostly from other the USA. Besides, the officers found at Franciscotty's many TV's connected to satellite service, which probably was used to watch the sporting events.
The accused website is based in Costa Rica, but using it in the United States, it's like an offshore gambling operation the problem is that in the US operating offshore is illegal. Franciscotty was stopped on the street and he had about $6,000 with him. Then at his home, the investigators found all the other money and expensive objects, such as Rolex watches, diamond necklaces and so on.