sportingbet.com's chairman was arrested!
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chairman of online bookmaker Sportingbet.com, Peter Dicks, was arrested on a warrant from Louisiana at John F. Kennedy International Airport late on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said on Thursday.
"He was picked up at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) at JFK Airport on an active out-of-state warrant," Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the agency, said. "He's being held by Port Authority police awaiting extradition."
DiFulco would not reveal the nature of the charges and a call to the Louisiana State Police was not immediately returned.
Earlier, Sportingbet.com said Dicks had been detained by U.S. authorities.
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"He was picked up at 11:30 p.m. (EDT) at JFK Airport on an active out-of-state warrant," Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the agency, said. "He's being held by Port Authority police awaiting extradition."
DiFulco would not reveal the nature of the charges and a call to the Louisiana State Police was not immediately returned.
Earlier, Sportingbet.com said Dicks had been detained by U.S. authorities.
More at Reuters UK
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