Worldwide Sporting Investments (WSI), an Australian sports betting syndicate run by 28-year-old Tyler Roberts, came crashing after taking a particularly dark turn last spring.
$1.5M Debt, Kidnapping, and Crime Networks
Currently, WSI is in court-ordered liquidation, and creditors claim the company owes them roughly $1.5 million. Court filings say the business now has less than $1,000 left in its accounts.
Roberts’ model was pretty straightforward: he would obtain money from investors and use it to place bets with online bookmakers. Things seemed to work smoothly for a while.
However, in April 2025, Roberts and his girlfriend, Mariah Burr-McLean, were kidnapped on the Sunshine Coast…