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Consumer protection official urges higher restitution cap and updated gaming statute to cover rigging
Summary
Commissioner of Consumer Protection Brian Caffarelli told the Judiciary Committee that Senate Bill 296 would raise the restitution cap under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act to $25,000 and amend criminal law to cover offering or accepting an undue advantage intended to alter the outcome of a sports wager, citing examples of consumer losses that exceed the current cap.
Brian Caffarelli, Connecticut's commissioner of consumer protection, testified March 4 in favor of changes in Senate Bill 296 that would raise the agency's restitution cap and update gaming statutes to address cheating in sports wagering.
Caffarelli told the Judiciary Committee that the existing CUTPA restitution cap has not been increased in more than a decade and that raising it to $25,000 would…
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