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To: Gator who wrote (5121)	8/20/1999 3:06:00 PM
From: DanielleC	Respond to of 8858

Found this on the Yahoo board: Friday Aug 20 1999 Superintendent Randhawa of the RCMP reports Today, investigators from the co-ordinated law enforcement unit have executed search warrants at the offices of Starnet Communications International Inc., at 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, B.C., and at the residences of six of its directors and officers. Law enforcement agencies assisting in this investigation include: the RCMP commercial crime section, RCMP integrated proceeds of crime section, RCMP high-tech crimes unit from Ottawa, Vancouver Police Department, members of the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, West Vancouver City Police Department, and the Delta Police Department. The offences being investigated include illegal betting and bookmaking, making agreements for the purchase or sale of betting or gaming privileges, providing information intended for use in connection with bookmaking, possession and distribution of pornographic material, and possession of the proceeds of crime. Starnet Communications and its subsidiaries have been under investigation by CLEU investigators for over 18 months in regard to illegal gaming and the distribution of prohibited pornographic materials over the Internet. Investigators have determined that millions of dollars flowed through Starnet-controlled bank accounts each month as the result of its Internet-based gaming system.