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London Police crack online gaming bonus abuse scam

4th April 2012 7:34 am GMT

A man has been sentenced to three years in jail for fraudulently using international passports, identity cards and false utility bills to open various online gaming accounts to take advantage of bonus bets being offered by operators.

Andrei Osipau, 35, was apprehended following a joint investigation by detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service Gambling Unit, Project Amberhill, and the UK Gambling Commission.

In the first prosecution of its kind, Osipau was found to have commited 'Bonus Abuse', [...]

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