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Major Blackmail Scheme Targeting UK Bookmakers: Russian Gang Arrested

Calendar Jul 21, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Members of a Russian criminal gang which tried to blackmail British bookmakers by disabling their websites have been arrested. Three men were seized in Russia after a police operation involving specialist crime units from Britain, Russia and four other countries. . . . Members of a Russian criminal gang which tried to blackmail British bookmakers by disabling their websites have been arrested.

Three men were seized in Russia after a police operation involving specialist crime units from Britain, Russia and four other countries.

The men were part of a global extortion racket which began in October.

It targeted the websites of British and other bookmakers, causing the firms millions in lost business.