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Owner of Costa Rican Call Center Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Through Sweepstakes Scam

September 15, 2014 – A dual United States-Costa Rican citizen pleaded guilty today for his role in a $1.88 million sweepstakes fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans. Assistant

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Wisconsin Pharmacist and Nevada Pharmacologist Charged with Smuggling Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Using a Costa Rican Internet Pharmacy

Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Smuggle More Than Four Million Misbranded and Counterfeit Pills into U.S. September 12, 2014 – A Wisconsin pharmacist and a Nevada pharmacologist were arraigned on an

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Two North Carolina Residents Plead Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Through Offshore Sweepstakes Scheme

August 4, 2014 – A North Carolina couple pleaded guilty for leading a Costa Rican sweepstakes fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell

News: Consumer Goods

Procter & Gamble Inaugurates its Modern Facilities in Costa Rica for its Latin American Supply Chain Planning Center

To date the P&G Planning Center has hired 200 professionals and expects to hire 300 more in the next few months. The new facilities occupy 4 floors in the Forum

News: Technology

VMware Confirms Expansion of their Operation and Payroll in Costa Rica

Firm announced its expansion and reinvestment plans in Costa Rica today, and will increase their payroll in over 60% by the end of 2015 California, June 9, 2014. The official

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Leader of Alleged Sports Betting Ring Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges

January 31, 2014 – Joseph Vito Mastronardo Jr., 63, of Meadowbrook, Pa., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise (RICO), conducting an illegal gambling business, four

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One of the World’s Largest Digital Currency Companies and Seven of Its Principals and Employees Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Running Alleged $6 Billion Money Laundering Scheme

Liberty Reserve Allegedly Processed at Least 55 Million Illegal Transactions for at Least One Million Users Worldwide Facilitating Global Criminal Conduct; Investigation and Takedown Believed to Be the Largest International

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Canadian Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures

April 11, 2013 – Kerry Michael Deevy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami to 13 counts of an indictment pending against him,

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Fifty-Seven Charged with Operating Illegal Online Sports Gaming Business

Indictment Seeks Forfeiture Money Judgment of $1 Billion April 10, 2013 – Thirty-four individuals and 23 entities have been indicted and accused of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that

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Fraudulent Telemarketer Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison

WASHINGTON – November 26, 2012 – An employee of Costa Rica-based telemarketing call centers was sentenced today to serve 108 months in prison for his role in a phony sweepstakes