FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS have been chasing Billy Scott, founder of an online-gambling empire, for nearly a decade. But the Toledo, Ohio-born betting czar has evaded law enforcement every step of the way.
A short, balding man with a deep and raspy voice, William Scott, 65, has dodged two sets of criminal charges for online gambling, safely ensconced on the Caribbean island of Antigua. He renounced his U.S. citizenship two years ago, and because the United States has no extradition treaty with the tiny nation, prosecutors have little chance of nabbing Scott as long as he stays off American soil. The company he founded, Worldwide Tele-sports, is still running smoothly despite the Department of Justice’s claims earlier this year that by indicting Scott it had “dismantled” the $2.5 billion offshore gambling operation.
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