The owner of online sportsbook 5Dimes has reportedly been found dead in Cost Rica after an apparent kidnapping late last month.

On Saturday, the Costa Rica Star reported that the Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) had recovered the body of 43-year-old William Sean Creighton, known throughout the online gambling industry as ‘Tony’. The OIJ has yet to publicly confirm the report.

Last week, the OIJ announced that Creighton’s wife had reported his disappearance on September 25, after he failed to arrive home after departing his office the previous evening. The OIJ claimed to have no evidence for the reason behind his disappearance, but local media reported that Creighton’s wife had received a phone call from his kidnappers just hours after he went missing.

Creighton’s wife reportedly transferred anywhere from US$750k-$1m in cryptocurrency to his alleged kidnappers after speaking to Creighton on the phone, but this ransom wasn’t followed by Creighton’s release. His car was found crashed into the gate of a rural property, but Creighton’s whereabouts remained unknown until the OIJ announced the finding of his body Saturday.