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Eleven charged in online poker crackdown
2011-04-21
11 folks have been charged with bank crime, cash laundering, unlawful betting and other offenses in a crackdown on 3 of the biggest internet poker firms in the U. S. Top managers of the corporations -- PokerStars, full-tilt Poker and decisive Poker -- were among those charged in the indictment unsealed on Fri. by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of Big Apple. As well as the charges, restraining orders were issued against more than seventy five bank accounts employed by the poker firms and their payment processors. 5 Web web site names utilized by the firms were snatched. "These accused, knowing full well that their business with US clients and US banks was illegal, attempted to stack the deck," FBI helper director Janice Fedarcyk asserted in an announcement. "They lied to banks about the true nature of their business. "Then, some of the suspects found banks pleased to flout the law for a fee," Fedarcyk recounted. "The suspects bet the house that they could continue their scheme, and they lost." According to the indictment, the firms organized for cash received from US gamblers to be disguised as payments to non-existent web sites claiming to sell goods such as jewellery and golfing balls.
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