U.S. government hound Calvin Ayre
The U.S. government recently seized $24 million from bank accounts linked to Bodog -Â the giant, illegal-under-U.S.-law Internet gaming operation founded by Canadian tycoon Calvin Ayre. Federal filings make very clear that a serious criminal investigation of the Bodog enterprise is ongoing. At a minimum, word of the seizures is likely to rattle the confidence of U.S. based online gamblers that they will receive their winnings, not only from Bodog but from the industry’s other remaining participants.
(The U.S. attorney’s office in Baltimore, which launched the two lawsuits to take the $24 million, did not respond to a request for comment).
Calvin Ayre is now believed to be in Antigua and Barbuda, a country in the eastern Caribbean. He has denied being on the lam. A request on Wednesday for comment from Ayre, sent through the Web site of his Antigua-based Calvin Ayre Foundation, was not immediately returned. Nor were call and e-mail messages sent to public relations contacts listed on Bodog’s Web site.
Three months ago, Ayre, now 47, said he had transferred ownership of Bodog itself to Morris Mohawk Group. “It’s true; I’m packing it in,” Ayre wrote on a Web site.
Doesn’t the US government having more important things to do!! I think the U.S. government Is pathetic. !!!!
For me personally *Calvin Ayre* is a hero!!
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