United States-based Red Warrior Entertainment claimed that it has secured a landmark license to operate a casino in the kingdom of Tonga. There’s just one problem: the government of Tonga denied issuing any kind of gaming license.

Three days ago, Red Warrior Entertainment announced that it has received the “Exclusive National Master Gaming License” from the government of Tonga. According to the U.S. company, the license is “the first of its kind issued from Tonga and covers all Class I, II & III Gaming.”

Red Warrior Entertainment CEO Ronald Pate, Chickasaw, said the license “was issued upon approval at His Majesty’s Cabinet decision No. 1194” last Nov 4. Pate also claimed to have received a formal letter and proclamation from the Minister of Customs last Nov. 24, while the license agreement was completed last Jan. 9.

Tonga’s Prime Minister Office, however, denied the claim.

United States-based Red Warrior Entertainment claimed that it has secured a landmark license to operate a casino in the kingdom of Tonga. There’s just one problem: the government of Tonga denied issuing any kind of gaming license.

Three days ago, Red Warrior Entertainment announced that it has received the “Exclusive National Master Gaming License” from the government of Tonga. According to the U.S. company, the license is “the first of its kind issued from Tonga and covers all Class I, II & III Gaming.”

Red Warrior Entertainment CEO Ronald Pate, Chickasaw, said the license “was issued upon approval at His Majesty’s Cabinet decision No. 1194” last Nov 4. Pate also claimed to have received a formal letter and proclamation from the Minister of Customs last Nov. 24, while the license agreement was completed last Jan. 9.

Tonga’s Prime Minister Office, however, denied the claim.

A group of North Korean hackers working on a China-based illegal online gambling site have been arrested following a failed attempt to defect.

On Thursday, NKNews.org quoted a South Korean missionary who works on human rights issues saying 12 North Korean hackers, along with their administrator and an official from North Korea’s Ministry of State Security, had attempted to defect in Changchun in China’s northeast Jillin province earlier this month.

The pastor claimed to have learned of the defection from a South Korean businessman linked to a Chinese national with whom the hackers were working on an illegal online gambling site. When the Chinese national learned of the defection attempt, he alerted Chinese authorities, who arrested all 14 North Koreans before they could make it to a foreign embassy.

Other Korean media outlets quoted anonymous individuals claiming that the hackers were supplying South Korean gangs with online gambling software. These illegal gambling operations reportedly had servers based in Cambodia, where other North Korean gambling operations have been rumbled in recent years.

A group of North Korean hackers working on a China-based illegal online gambling site have been arrested following a failed attempt to defect.

On Thursday, NKNews.org quoted a South Korean missionary who works on human rights issues saying 12 North Korean hackers, along with their administrator and an official from North Korea’s Ministry of State Security, had attempted to defect in Changchun in China’s northeast Jillin province earlier this month.

The pastor claimed to have learned of the defection from a South Korean businessman linked to a Chinese national with whom the hackers were working on an illegal online gambling site. When the Chinese national learned of the defection attempt, he alerted Chinese authorities, who arrested all 14 North Koreans before they could make it to a foreign embassy.

Other Korean media outlets quoted anonymous individuals claiming that the hackers were supplying South Korean gangs with online gambling software. These illegal gambling operations reportedly had servers based in Cambodia, where other North Korean gambling operations have been rumbled in recent years.