Illegal WhatsApp bookmaker sentenced after Gambling Commission uncovers misconduct

The UK’s Gambling Commission has announced that an illegal WhatsApp bookmaker has been sentenced.

The man in question, Haydon Simcock from Weston Coyney, Stoke on Trent, was judged to have defaulted on his responsibilities to bettors, including the repayment of a £269,000 ($358,144.78) account balance.

A man from Stoke-on-Trent has received a 30 week suspended sentence after a joint investigation by the Gambling Commission and @StaffsPolice found he ran an illegal WhatsApp gambling business.

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