Canadian indicted in U.S. on online gambling charges

Yusill Scribner, a spokeswoman for the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, declined to comment when asked about the prospect of extraditing him. Canada will extradite its citizens only if the laws under which they are charged are similar to Canadian laws.

“It raises the issue whether one country can apply its law to citizens of another country,” said Javad Heydary, a Toronto lawyer with experience in gaming law.

“We do not have anything close to the U.S. legislation,” he said, alluding to the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.