5dimes betting site owner missing, -200 he's dead, +165 he's alive

[Eff Pandas]

This does not sound good for this cat.

Costa Rica police are investigating the disappearance of the owner of local online sportsbook 5Dimes after he was reported missing late last month.

On Tuesday, Costa Rica’s Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) confirmed that they are investigating the disappearance of 43-year-old William Sean Creighton, known throughout the online sports betting world simply as ‘Tony,’ who hasn’t been seen since he left work on the night of September 24. His wife, a Costa Rican national, reported him missing the following day.

OIJ chief Walter Espinoza told reporters that police have yet to receive any ransom requests and declined to offer any further specifics, citing the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation. But local tabloid media outlet Diario Extra reported that Creighton had been abducted by up to four men and that a sizable ransom had already been paid by his family.

According to this report, Creighton’s Porsche Cayenne Turbo (pictured) was forced off the road that night by two gunmen on a motorcycle and two more individuals in a BMW. Creighton’s wife reportedly received a call from his captors later that night, demanding payment of US$750k. (CRhoy.com claimed the ransom was $1m, so all these reports should probably be taken with a grain of salt.)

Creighton reportedly spoke to his wife during this call to assure her that he was fine, and a payment in ‘virtual currency’ was said to have been transmitted electronically to his captors that same night. However, Creighton’s release never came.

The report indicated that Creighton’s family had hired private investigators — allegedly former agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation — before contacting the police.

CalvinAyre.com joins the rest of the online gambling industry in praying for Tony’s swift and safe return to his family.

https://calvinayre.com/2018/10/17/bu...ted-kidnapped/

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

another Arturo Gatti

[Mike D]

maybe he staged it so he could skate off with all the money

[Eff Pandas]

Update on this situation. Tony 5 Dimes did turn up dead. Looks like some Costa Rican cops among others were involved.

Cops involved in 5Dimes kidnapping, murder saga won’t be locked up
BY Erik Gibbs ON January 29, 2019

In September of last year, the founder of the 5Dimes sportsbook operating out of Costa Rica, William Sean Creighton, was kidnapped and held for ransom. Although the ransom was eventually paid in cryptocurrency, his whereabouts were unknown until his lifeless body was found a month later. Several individuals were arrested in conjunction with the kidnapping and alleged murder after an investigation that covered two continents, and most of the individuals involved have now appeared before a judge.

Cops involved in 5Dimes kidnapping, murder saga won't be locked up while awaiting trialIn total, 12 people have been rounded up in connection with the crimes. They were found in Costa Rica and Spain, with all reportedly being Costa Rican citizens. Nine of the 12 were sent before a judge and five have been sentenced to six months of “preventive confinement” while they await their trial. These include Vega Aguirre and Aguirre Leal – the main suspect’s grandmother and uncle, respectively – and Sanabria Abarca, Ford Dowman and Martinez Chacon.

Those five also allegedly carried out the crimes with the assistance of four Costa Rica police officers. These also made a court appearance and the judge’s decision may seem a little puzzling. Despite the district attorney’s suggestion that they be held in the same type of preventive confinement, they will only have to check in with police once a month, must maintain a permanent place of residence and cannot attempt to leave the country. Additionally, they are not allowed to communicate with any of the alleged accomplices involved in the case.

The remaining three individuals were caught by Spain’s Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) in the northern city of Zaragoza. They are still waiting extradition to Costa Rica.

After Creighton, who was known as “Tony 5Dimes,” was kidnapped last September, his family received ransom demands. which they paid with Bitcoin Core (BTC). There has been some confusion over the amount – some say it was $750,000, others say it was $1 million – but Tony was never returned following the payment and his body was reportedly found at the end of October. 5Dimes has asserted that no body was ever found, giving some hope that he could still be alive and other news outlets reported that no coroner around the Costa Rican capital of San José had ever acknowledged receiving the body.

The criminals were able to be tracked by forensic sleuths who followed the crypto trail. They discovered to which wallet addresses the funds were sent and were able to follow those all the way to the group. Those trails led to the precise locations in Costa Rica, as well as Spain.

[Henniger]

Update on this situation. Tony 5 Dimes did turn up dead. Looks like some Costa Rican cops among others were involved.

I didn't see that coming.

[WallabeeKing]

Holy shiiii.. They even got the main suspect's Grandma locked up, Costa Rica not playing.

Lmao @ getting caught by tracking their cryptocurrency wallet. These muhfückas should've just asked for cash. Serves them right though, how do you get the ransom paid and still waste the dude?

You set the odds perfectly though.