Multiple banned from gambling in Pennsylvania over ID fraud, cash withdraws

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Multiple individuals have been banned from iGaming in Pennsylvania, most for creating numerous accounts with someone else’s ID and withdrawing money.

On Wednesday, July 24, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved recommendations by its Office of Enforcement Counsel to place seven individuals on the iGaming involuntary exclusion list.

While the names of those excluded were not made public, the Board said they were banned for the following actions:

• Created two separate online sports wagering accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals, and withdrew $300;
• Created 13 separate online casino-type game accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals, and withdrew $545;
• Created six separate online sports wagering accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals, and withdrew $1,000;
• Created four separate online sports wagering accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals, and withdrew $1,123;
• Created two separate online sports wagering accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals, and withdrew $1,500;
• Illegally requested and received six chargebacks to a credit card associated with an online casino-type games account totaling $10,100;
• Created one online sports wagering account using the personal identification and credit card of another individual, and withdrew $12,600;

The transactions that the seven engaged in, totaling $27,168, were investigated by the Board’s Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement (“BIE”) and found to be fraudulent, the Board said.

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The Board also placed four other individuals on its casino involuntary exclusion list. The number of individuals currently on that list totals 1,197 and stems from various reasons including theft, cheating, child endangerment disorderly conduct and using counterfeit currency.

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