Ex Galway GAA Player Evades Prison Again after Stealing €300,000 to Fuel Online Gambling Addiction

Ex Galway GAA Player Evades Prison Again after Stealing €300,000 to Fuel Online Gambling Addiction

A former Galway GAA star who had confessed stealing an amount of €300,000 from his employer in order to fuel his problem gambling behaviour has avoided going to jail for the second time, in spite of the fact the efforts of prosecutors to see him imprisoned. The 27-year-old Mark Hehir had admitted his wrongdoings and had pleaded guilty after making a confession that he had stole the afore-mentioned amount from his previous employers Galway City Bin over a period of six months in 2016. He revealed that the stealing resulted…

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ACMA to Investigate Online Betting Websites Using Web Addresses from the Cocos Islands

ACMA to Investigate Online Betting Websites Using Web Addresses from the Cocos Islands

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which is the media regulatory body of Australia, has revealed that it is checking the legality of several offshore gambling websites which use local web addresses. As revealed by ABC, the investigation is affecting a number of offshore betting websites which use web addresses from the Cocos Islands, an external Australian territory situated in the Indian Ocean. The islands are currently under the regulation and control of Australia but have a separate Internet country code (.cc). The websites in question offer a variety…

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