ANOTHER BETONSPORTS ARREST?

6 July 2007

Documents filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri indicate Steinberg held

Although no details have yet emerged on where and how he was arrested, it appears that Norman Steinberg, who has been associated with Gary Kaplan and the moribund BetonSports.com, is being held by federal authorities.

In documents filed yesterday (Tuesday) before the District Court for the district of Eastern Missouri, US Attorney Catherine Hanaway and other federal officials from the Department of Justice Organized Crime and Racketeering Section requested the detention without bail of Norman Steinberg, aka Tom Miller and David Norman, apparently arrested and taken into custody regarding the United States' case against BetonSports. The case number is No. S1-4:06CR00337 CEJ (MLM)

The detention is requested for a period of three days, presumably pending a bail hearing, and it is understood that the application for detention was granted on grounds that the accused is a flight risk.

Steinberg is thought to be one of the last remaining fugitives in the BetonSports case, which involves some eleven defendants on an indictment that lists a number of serious charges.

The case started with the arrest of BoS CEO David Carruthers almost a year ago whilst he was transitting the USA on his way to Costa Rica. Carruthers remains on heavy bail and confined to a house in St. Louis, Missouri pending trial. More recently, Gary Kaplan, the founder of BoS was arrested in Dominica and extradited to the US where he is in custody awaiting trial.

The case ruined BetOnSports, which earlier this year pleaded guilty and agreed to assist the authorities going forward. The company is headed toward liquidation as a result of having lost all of its predominently US business.

Court document filed July 3, 2007:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
NORMAN STEINBERG,
a/k/a Tom Miller and David Norman
Defendant.
No. S1-4:06CR00337 CEJ (MLM)

MOTION FOR PRETRIAL DETENTION AND HEARING
COMES NOW the United States of America, by and through its attorneys, Catherine L. Hanaway,
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Michael K. Fagan and Steven A. Muchnick,
Assistant United States Attorneys for said District, and Marty Woelfle, Trial Attorney, Organized Crime and
Racketeering Section, U.S. Department of Justice, and moves the Court to order defendant detained pending
trial, and further requests that a detention hearing be held three (3) days from the date of defendant's initial
appearance before the United States Magistrate pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3141, et seq.
As and for its grounds, the Government states that there is a serious risk that the defendant will flee.
WHEREFORE, the Government requests this Court to order defendant detained prior to trial, and
further to order a detention hearing three (3) days from the date of the defendant's initial appearance.
Respectfully submitted,
CATHERINE L. HANAWAY
United States Attorney
s/ Michael K. Fagan
MICHAEL K. FAGAN, #6617
Assistant United States Attorney
s/Marty Woelfle
MARTY WOELFLE AZ Bar #009363
Trial Attorney, organized Crime and Racketeering
U.S. Department of Justice
s/Steven A. Muchnick
STEVEN A. MUCHNICK, #3905
Assistant United States Attorney

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