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.
, 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.
, 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.
; 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.
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
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Online poker is a great tool under the U.S's disposal. If taxed, the huge denomination of people playing real money poker can positively impact the economy.
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