PHYLICIA BARNES DEAD BODY FOUND IN SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

Two dead bodies were found the other day at Susquehanna River, Maryland, one of a man and the other is a woman. The woman has been confirmed through dental records that it was indeed the body of  PHYLICIA BARNES, 16, an honor student of Union Academy, Monroe, North Carolina who went missing since December 28 when she visited her family in Northwest Baltimore to spend Christmas vacation.

Phylicia's father likewise confirms that the dead body of a woman pulled at Conowingo Dam of Susquehanna River was the body of their daughter, Phylicia Barnes.

To date, the family of Phylicia and police investigators are still conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the death of Phylicia Barnes and if the other found dead body of a man is related to the death of Phylicia.

FILMMAKER TIM HETHERINGTON SUDDEN DEATH IN LIBYA

It is so sad to say  when a war and brilliant filmmaker-photojournalist who have just been nominated in the OSCAR this year has been killed this morning in Misurata, Libya.

Tim Hetherington, 41, British-born filmmaker and photojournalist has been killed today in Misurata while covering the ongoing conflict in Libya when an RPG hit him along with his colleagues. The acclaimed photographer and filmmaker was also a co-director and OSCAR nominated  this year with  co-director Sebastian Junger of their award winning movie, Restrepo, a film that showed 15-month deployment of the 2nd Platoon Army Battalion  to Afghanistan.

Among of the injured were  Chris Hondros, a Getty photographer and Pulitzer Prize- nominated, who was critically wounded and pronounced dead thereafter, Guy Martin, photographer of Panos Agency also suffered serious injury and in critical condition,  Freelancer Michael Christopher Brown including hundreds of civilians and rebel fighters.

Thirty-six hours before Tim's death, he tweeted, "In besieged Libyan City of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."

DUKAN DIET HOTTEST AND FASTEST DIET PLAN OF LOSING WEIGHT

Have you heard about Dukan Diet? Dukan Diet is now the fastest and hottest world diet plan which originated from France authored by Dr. Pierre Dukan, a 69-year old neurologist who successfully made his study over a decades. The Dukan Diet claims dramatic results without requiring dieters to count calories or go hungry and is now heading to the U.S. and Canada. 

Kate Middleton, who will marry Britain's Prince William on April 29 losses her weight fast not because of the pre-wedding activities but because of Dukan Diet plan. Her mother Carole Middleton, has been also using the same diet plan losses her weight rapidly same with  Jennifer Lopez and Gisele Bundchen.

Dukan Diet allow dieters to  eat high protein foods, such as lean meat,  fish, seafood, fat-free dairy product, eggs, vegetables, 2 tablespoons oat bran daily and a glasses of water. Dieters must also perform a 20-minute brisk walking daily to obtain effective results. 

Herein below are the basic steps of the diet plan that has four phases:

Phase 1: The attack phase enable the dieter to rapidly lose 2 to 3 kilos in 2-7 days by eating as much as he/she wants of 72 protein-rich foods.

Phase 2:  Cruise phase, allows to achieve more gradually the true weight you aim for by eating rich-protein foods adding 28 specific vegetables. The length of this phase is usually calculated as 1 kg weight loss per week but his is based on specific personal conditions. Tolerated foods are also allowed as per the program by any weight gain will ban some of these.

Phase 3:  The consolidation phase helps in preventing any future massive weight gain. During this phase, fruit, bread, cheese and starchy foods are being introduced into a normal diet 5 days a week leaving 2 days for celebratory meals as directed by the plan. The consolidation phase helps in preventing any future massive weight gain.

Phase 4:  The Stabilization phase is when the dieter can basically eat what he or she wants without gaining weight by following a few rules, including a protein day once a week as well as eating oat bran a couple of times a week. According to Dukan, one shall follow this last phase for the rest of one's life to prevent regaining weight.

Well, this diet plan is of great help to those who are interested to lose  their weight however, dieters should do it religiously to obtain effective results.

BANG! BIG 3 POKER SITES-POKERSTARS, FULLTILTPOKER AND ABSOLUTEPOKER WERE SEIZED AND SHUT DOWN

The three largest Internet  Poker companies owned by PokerStars.com, Fulltiltpoker.com and Absolutepoker.com have been seized and shutdown by FBI and charged for bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling. Its founders including payment processors are indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for violation of Illegal Gambling Business Act of 1955 and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.  

Indicted are Isai Scheinberg, Reymond Bitar, Scott Tom, Brent Beckley, Nelson Burtnick, Paul Tate, Ryan Lang, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin, Chad Elie and John Campus founders of the big three internet poker sites and payment processors who, each of them  will be facing four counts each of these offense.

Scheinberg and Tate are founders of PokerStars; Bitar and Burnick of Full Tilt Poker and Tom and Beckley of Absolute Poker. Lang, Rubin, Franzen and Elie are the persons who ran payment processors.

All of these defendants were found operating Illegal gambling business and for conspiring to commit bank and wire fraud including conspiracy of money laundering.

Arrested are Defendants Campos and Elie Friday morning in Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada while Franzen is expected to appear in court during his arraignment on April 19, 2011.

Other defendants Scheinberg, Bitar, Burtnick, Tate, Tom, Beckley, Rubin and Lang who are not in the U.S.  are still  at large.

U.S. Attorney's Office of Southern District, New York and the FBI are now working for their arrest in cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies and the INTERPOL.

"BIG 3" FOUNDERS OF ONLINE POKER WERE INDICTED AND ARRESTED

Online Poker, the "THE BIG THREE" who founded PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker were charged by the US Department of Justice of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling. Restraining Orders were issued against over 75 accounts used by the online companies and their payment processors including FIVE Internet domains. 

The indicted were Isai Scheinberg, Raymond Bitar, Scott Tom, Brent Beckley, Nelson Burtnick, Paul Tate, Ryan Lang, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin, Chad Elie and John Campos who, each of them  will be facing  four counts of every offense. 

Scheinberg and Tate are indicted for representing PokerStars while Bitar and Burtnick represents Full Tilt Poker and Tom and Beckley represents Absolute Poker. Lang, Rubin, Lang, Franzen and Elie are identified as the persons who ran payment processors.  

 

Probable cause were found against the 11 defendants for and in  violation  of Illegal Gambling Business Act of 1955 and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 by operating  an Illegal Gambling Business and for conspiring to commit bank and wire fraud including conspiracy of money laundering. 

These charges carry hefty penalties and the maximum penalty for violation of the UIGEA  and operating a gambling business is  5 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss for each charge while 30 years imprisonment and a fine of $1 million or twice the gross gain or loss for conspiring to commit bank and wire fraud and 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $500,000 or twice of the amount laundered for money laundering. 

The same charged were also previously brought against payment processors used by the sites that have been shut down.

  

These poker companies are using fraudulent methods to circumvent federal law and trick U.S. banks into processing payments which is in violation of UIGEA.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, "As charged, these defendants concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits. Moreover, as we allege, in their zeal to circumvent the gambling laws, the defendants also engaged in massive money laundering and bank fraud. Foreign firms that choose to operate in the United States are not free to flout the laws they don't like simply because they can't bear to be parted from their profits."

Assistant Director-in-Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk of the FBI said, "These defendants, knowing full well that their business with U.S. customers and U.S. banks was illegal, tried to stack the deck. they lied to banks about the true nature of their business. Then, some of the defendants found banks willing to flout the law for a fee. The defendants bet the house that they could continue their scheme, and they lost."

Both of these poker companies and defendants are being sought of $3 billion penalties  in civil money-laundering. Defendants Campos and Elie were arrested Friday morning in Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada, respectively, while Franzen is expected to appear in court on April 19, 2011 for his arraignment.

Defendants Scheinberg Bitar, Burtnick, Tate, Tom, Beckley, Rubin and Lang, who are not in the U.S., have not been arrested and remain at large. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Southern District, New York is now working with foreign law enforcement agencies and INTERPOL to arrest the above-mentioned defendants.

At 11:55 a.m. PDT, PokerNews has attempted to contact all three online poker sites but only UB/AP replied to it and has no comment for the moment.

At 12:26 p.m. PDT, PokerStars blocked U.S. players from playing real money games and at 2:00 p.m. PDT, Courier-Mail Newspaper, Australia reported that it is believed that Daniel Tzvetkoff is behind the today's DOJ affront by assisting federal lawyers of Southern District, New York.

Tzvetkoff was arrested last April 16, 2010 in Las Vegas and was charged of the same counts of offenses by allegedly processing $523 million in Internet gambling earnings through his payment processing company, INTABILL.

Tzvetkoff was originally denied bail being a flight risk however, released on bail in August after coordinating with federal authorities and is now living in a secret location of New York City.

The arrests today of the people who allegedly ran payment processors could be a move to let others knowledgeable of the business transactions of these Internet Poker Sites and to cooperate the Federal authorities against these people and the Internet Poker Sites. 

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