One of the largest casino entrepreneurs in the world accuses the Netherlands and Italy of having commissioned the Israeli company NSO to have his iPhone hacked. He did so a year ago in a lawsuit before a court in the US state of New Jersey. Apple has informed the man about a possible hack. A second case is now pending in the United States.

The civil cases were started by Francesco Corallo, a businessman and former money laundering suspect, with both Dutch and Italian nationality, who lives in Sint Maarten. In the New Jersey case, he asked for a jury to find that the companies NSO Technologies, Berkeley Research Group, and Q CyberTechnologies committed multiple wrongful acts against him and wants damages for that.

In 2016 there was an investigation against Corallo for tax evasion and bribery. He was arrested and extradited to Italy but returned to Sint Maarten. There he spent a total of 256 days in extradition detention. The European Court of Human Rights later ruled that this was under 'inhumane circumstances'.

There was no conviction in a criminal case for money laundering or the other financial offenses with which he was associated both in Italy and in the Kingdom.

It has been established that Corallo in any case owns casinos on Sint Maarten and in the Dominican Republic. He also acknowledges that he has major interests in Italy, including legal gambling.

Corallo's interests in the online casino and sports betting business can only be speculated. This sector is by definition global and huge turnovers are achieved.