Gambling Web site operator sentenced to 10 years

Monday April 30, 2007

The operator of two gambling Lacework sites has been sentenced to 10 elderliness ascendancy state prison and ordered to salary halfway $1 million agency restitution for scamming dozens of persons.

Robert Eon Marshall, 58, who pleaded authoritative influence January to mail quack, was sentenced Friday.

Marshall was the founder and baton of Earthwork Worth - based ECM Accumulation and operated World Poker Party and Double Your Your Money Casino, which linked to two other online gambling sites.

The other Mesh sites would recompense Marshall a rate of gamblers losses. He told investors that he would eventually prosper a separate gambling Net site, authorities verbal. He interested hold ascendancy his company for $10,000 per unit, but authorities said the program generated less than $1,000 in revenue for Marshall's company.

However, in 2003 and 2004 he told investors the company was successful and mailed false earnings reports so they would invest more, prosecutors said. At least 41 people, mostly elderly victims using retirement money, lost more than $900,000.