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Pick Six Suspects Surrender

"`The three thought they found a way to turn a gamble into a sure thing,' said Kevin P. Donovan, head of the FBI's New York field office, which investigated the bets made with telephones and computers.

"Derrick Davis of Baltimore, Christopher Harn of Newark, Del., and Glen DaSilva of New York surrendered at 8 a.m. yesterday to FBI agents here in accordance with arrest warrants issued Friday.

"The men, all of whom are 29 and were members of Tau Kappa Epsilon at Drexel University in Philadelphia in the early 1990s, were taken in handcuffs to a federal courthouse to appear on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. If convicted, each man could face up to five years in prison and fines.

"…U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Fox released all three on personal recognizance, backed by $200,000 bonds to be co-signed by family members. The men turned over their passports and agreed to restrict their travel. Davis and DaSilva were ordered to undergo thrice-weekly drug tests and face immediate imprisonment if drugs are detected.

"… Harn and Davis are accused of placing three bets last month by telephone through Catskill Off-Track Betting Corp., of Pomona, N.Y. They were able to win more than $3 million because Harn, a senior computer programmer, had been assigned to upgrade Catskill's phone-betting system on behalf of his employer, Autotote, which processed bets for Catskill, the complaint said.

"…[The authorities] discovered a similar pattern on bets placed by DaSilva, who - against all odds- won a Pick Six and Pick Four wager within days of opening a Catskill account early last month. His payoffs: $1,757 and $107,608. He directed $80,000 of his winnings to be transferred to a bank account, which authorities have seized…"

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