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		<title>More Payment Processor Seizures in Maryland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Feds have made another grab at money in US banks that at some point passed through online gambling and/or poker sites &#8212; seizing three more accounts held by payment processors with claims that the undisclosed sums in them are &#8220;forfeitable&#8221;. This time it was the Maryland district going after accounts in California belonging to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=18640#hmd">The Feds have made another grab at money in US banks that at some point passed through online gambling and/or poker sites</a> &#8212; seizing three more accounts held by payment processors with claims that the undisclosed sums in them are &#8220;forfeitable&#8221;. </p>
<p>This time it was the Maryland district going after accounts in California belonging to HMD, Inc. </p>
<p>In late July, Maryland-based federal authorities seized six other bank accounts from Electracash, Inc., also a payment processor alleged to be involved in laundering &#8220;proceeds of an illegal gambling business&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=18640">Click here for a little more detail</a> in the <i>Baltimore City Paper</i>, along with the latest seizure warrants.</p>
<p>In all these cases, the US District Court in Maryland has kept investigators&#8217; affidavits calling for the warrants under seal. The New York Southern District handled their June payment processor seizures the same way, until the folks behind Gambling911 filed a motion that forced the courts to unseal them (with redactions). </p>
<p>A year ago, Maryland authorities charged (but did not arrest) two men &#8212; Edward Courdy and Michael Garone &#8212; with money laundering connected to $24 million seized from various bank accounts during an <a href="http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16952">ongoing investigation of Bodog</a>. The charges against Garone and Courdy stem from two specific transactions they allegedly facilitated &#8212; one from Germany to Georgia (for $1.5 million), the other from Dublin to Nevada (for $2.4 million).  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/baltimore-investigation-expands-include-more-online-poker-groups-091509.html">G911 claims</a> the most recent payment processor seizures involve online gambling and operations other than Bodog. </p>
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