De ja vu? The BROTHERS reincarnated?
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| Author: | VegasBob [ Sun May 20, 2007 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Former Horseshoe Casino co-owner arrested |
It hasn't hit the newspapers yet,however I have it on very good authority that Jaime Ligator sp. was arrested by Interpol Friday along with another approximately 28 people for being involved in some International scam involving the sending of money with the promise of huge returns. I would assume that this will be in tomorrows AM Costa Rica and La Nation. |
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| Author: | Zebra [ Sun May 20, 2007 11:32 am ] |
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De ja vu? The BROTHERS reincarnated?
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| Author: | Mucho Gusto [ Mon May 21, 2007 9:02 am ] |
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VB, You were exactly right. It's in today's A.M. Costa Rica: Former Horseshoe Casino owner Internet real estate chief snagged in online scam case By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Law officers arrested the president of a Costa Rican real estate Internet marketing operation Friday on a U.S. fraud charge related to other online activities. He is Jaime Ligator, 65, president of World Wide Land Investments which has offices on the third floor of Mall San Pedro. Ligator also is known as a professional poker player who participated in North American tournaments and as the former owner of the Horseshoe Casino, which recently changed hands. Agents of the International Police Agency (INTERPOL) and the Judicial Investigating Organization said they arrested Ligator at a Mall San Pedro office on a warrant from the U.S. District Court in the Western District of North Carolina. The charges are electronic fraud and wire fraud, said agents. The case involves some 36 co-defendants, said a statement from INTERPOL. The charges involve alleged participation in an advanced fee lottery scam in which U.S. citizens were contacted by telephone and told that they had won a lottery, they said, but they did not disclose Ligator's alleged role in the operation. The victims were told they had to send money via Western Union to "Lloyds de Costa Rica," said agents. The amounts were usually in the thousands of dollars, agents said. Naturally no lottery payoff was forthcoming. The information relayed from the United States said that most of the telephone calls were made from San José but that by using voice-over-Internet protocol, those getting the call thought that they originated in Washington, D.C., at the 202 area code. In multiple raids by law officers here May 17, 2006, three U.S. citizens and two Canadians were arrested as alleged directors of an advanced fee lottery scam. At the same time five persons were detained in California. As many as 200 bilingual Costa Ricans were believed involved making telephone calls from the city to potential victims in the United States. This group handed out lottery tickets at supermarkets and shopping centers in the United States, so that those being called had had previous contact with the fake lottery, officials said then. No verification could be made over the weekend that this is the group linked to Ligator, and there are several other advance fee scams that have been broken up recently. Still agents said information from the United States said that in Ligator's case callers told victims that they were associated with the mythical "lottery commission of the United States." This was the same fake agency used by those arrested last year. Ligator's arrest warrant was issued just this March 17, agents said. The former casino owner will be involved in extradition hearings in the Tribunal de Juicio de San José where a lawyer for the United States will present the case for his transportation there. He was identified as a U.S. citizen. There was no reply to calls placed to World Wide Land Investments Saturday. There also is no contact information on the registration for the two Web sites run by the company: wliofcr.com and costaricalandowners.com. The company says little on its Web sites, and is believed to engage in telephone solicitations of potential purchasers in the United States. One man who contacted A.M. Costa Rica over the weekend said that he had paid the company $90,000 for some land. He said he had a signed letter from Ligator verifying the company's promise that he would receive a full refund if he were not satisfied with the land. The man said he visited the site but was not happy with the property and sought a refund but so far only got back $50,000. World Wide Land Investments said it is selling ocean view lots on land on the east coast of the Gulf of Nicoya near the settlement of Colorado. This is north of Puntarenas and south of the location of the friendship bridge, the Puente de Amistad, over the RÃo Tempisque. One Web page is accompanied by a female voice that says the property is just south of the Four Seasons Hotel. Actually the Four Seasons on the Gulf de Papagayo is about 28 kilometers (some 17 miles) as the crow flies north of the location. The voice also promises a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, but the ocean cannot be seen from the upper Gulf of Nicoya, although the view of the gulf is picturesque. The firm says this on its Web site about its inventory: "World Wide Land Investments has been in business for almost three decades. We pride ourselves on hand selecting land that is Appreciating in Value. The land we have selected in Costa Rica is right in the Path of Costa Rica's Development. We have land available on both the Atlantic or Pacific Coasts. All of our properties have either ocean and mountain views or direct ocean views. |
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| Author: | Bktuna [ Mon May 21, 2007 10:09 am ] |
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This may be the least suprising news I have heard in Costa Rica 
BKTUNA I am never going home |
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| Author: | Orange [ Mon May 21, 2007 10:59 am ] |
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AM Costa Rica wrote: The victims were told they had to send money via Western Union to "Lloyds de Costa Rica," said agents.
How are there still people out there who are so stupid to send money for an obvious scam? They are sending money to Costa Rica for a lottery? You can't make this shit up. 
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| Author: | Ace [ Mon May 21, 2007 12:34 pm ] |
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His real estate site was just as crooked. |
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| Author: | HolaB [ Mon May 21, 2007 12:39 pm ] |
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Orange wrote: AM Costa Rica wrote: The victims were told they had to send money via Western Union to "Lloyds de Costa Rica," said agents. How are there still people out there who are so stupid to send money for an obvious scam? They are sending money to Costa Rica for a lottery? You can't make this shit up. I think it was W.C. Fields who said,'There's a sucker born every minute' |
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| Author: | Orange [ Mon May 21, 2007 1:06 pm ] |
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HolaB wrote: I think it was W.C. Fields who said,'There's a sucker born every minute'
The sad part is that I think a good portion of those taken are senior citizens or those close to retirement who want security for their later years and they end up losing a chunk or all of their life savings. You read about these people all the time. How they send away their life savings in hopes of an easy retirement, but instead many have to continue working because they just do not have the means to retire anymore. This site is great. www.419eater.com You can read all kinds of stories to learn from and also gives you tips on how to "bait" these scammers into believing that you're falling for their shit. |
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| Author: | Bktuna [ Mon May 21, 2007 2:06 pm ] |
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These guys and many more like them are very high on my list of things I do not like in Costa Rica. There are an amazing number of these type operations here. BKTUNA I am never going home |
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| Author: | Vic Ferrari [ Mon May 21, 2007 3:02 pm ] |
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"I think it was W.C. Fields who said,'There's a sucker born every minute'" often mistaken, it was actually said by P.T. Barnum |
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| Author: | HolaB [ Tue May 22, 2007 12:21 am ] |
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Yo Vic, You are correct! ' I never drink water, fish phuck in it' W.C. Fields |
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| Author: | Elusive1 [ Tue May 22, 2007 2:17 pm ] |
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It will be interesting to see how an extradition or deportation is handled when its a US Citizen with residency. |
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| Author: | Bktuna [ Tue May 22, 2007 2:27 pm ] |
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CR has full extradition with CR, if they want him they will get him. BKTUNA I am never going home |
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| Author: | Ciaociao32001 [ Tue May 22, 2007 2:35 pm ] |
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Bktuna wrote: CR has full extradition with CR, if they want him they will get him.
BKTuna, You missed your calling as a legal commentator. 
Sorry for the ball busting dude, I have Costa Rica on the brain. 
Ciaociao |
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