Sportingbet arrest sparks fears of wider crackdown (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Online bookmaker Sportingbet said its chairman faced charges in the United States for providing "gambling by computer," sparking fears no executive in the $12-billion-a-year industry was safe from prosecution. Sportingbet said Chairman Peter Dicks had been arrested at JFK Airport in New York early on Thursday for alleged violation of Louisiana State laws, mirroring the arrest in July of another CEO on racketeering charges. Finance Director Andy McIver told Reuters on Friday ...