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Rogue Payment Processor Arrested in Las Vegas
Accused of Laundering Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB Money
First criminal indictment for UIGEA violations

Daniel Tzvetkoff, first accused UIGEA criminal: Whoever said being a douchebag was a crime? Dude … it\’s gettin\’ hot here in the US … specifically in Las Vegas. Yesterday federal authorities arrested Daniel Tzvetkoff, a 27-year-old Australian national \”on charges […]

Rogue Payment Processor Arrested in Las Vegas
Accused of Laundering Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB Money

First criminal indictment for UIGEA violations

Online Poker Bills Pulled from Committee Schedule

Blog / By Dan Michalski

No one should get too excited about the supposed Full Committee Hearing for the Barney Frank (D-MA) bills … engines may be revving for HR 2266 + 2267, but these bills aren\’t really \”moving\”. At best they are spinning their

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RE: Carruthers Changes Guilty Plea

Blog / By Dan Michalski

More on BetonSports honcho David Carruthers\’ surprising change of plea (in the UK press). Carruthers, of course, was the executive arrested in Dallas in 2006 — where the American government stepped up the level of their online gambling crackdown, showing

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Canadian Payment Processor Indicted, US Looking to Recover $500M+

Blog / By Kevin Mathers

From the Department of Justice: Internet Gambling Payment Processor Charged With Bank Fraud, Money Laundering and Illegal Gambling Offenses NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lev L. Dassin, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and

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RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers (4)

Blog / By Dan Michalski

The Associated Press is at least paying attention to the developments reported here on Pokerati in what is sure to be a complex legal situation — one that already is bringing up not just legally questionable issues of non-brick-and-mortar gambling,

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RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers (3)
PPA joins legal fracas, questions legality of fund seizure

Blog / By Dan Michalski

Ah, once upon a time ret. Sen. Al D\’Amato (R-NY) held real power … regardless, he\’s still trying to wield his influence over federal actions in his home state, and the PPA statement around his statement says something about the

RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers (3)

PPA joins legal fracas, questions legality of fund seizure

RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers (2)
PokerStars refunds, bank account seizures, grand jury subpoenas

Blog / By Dan Michalski

The latest on Federal online poker funds crackdown and legally questionable anti-poker court actions … Pokerstars has confirmed with its players that indeed, some payout funds have been frozen in American banks — but they\’ve credited back affected monies with

RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers (2)

PokerStars refunds, bank account seizures, grand jury subpoenas

RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers
More details on WTF’s going on

Blog / By Dan Michalski

None of this is super-confirmed — government officials don\’t work \”on the record\” over the weekend — but here\’s what we are hearing from presumably reliable sources regarding payment troubles at PokerStars and elsewhere: (Again, this is all subject to

RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers

More details on WTF’s going on

Apparent Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers
E-check withdrawals and deposits blocked

Blog / By Dan Michalski

Normally we wouldn\’t think much of a thread on 2+2 about some withdrawal problems at a major American-friendly online site. Usually these problems get resolved in a matter of days or maybe weeks, but this time something\’s different. Developing …

Apparent Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers

E-check withdrawals and deposits blocked

Party Gaming finally settles with the US DOJ, pays $105m

Blog / By Kevin Mathers

Party Gaming has entered into a non-prosecutional agreement with the US Department of Justice, in which they admitted to illegally providing gambling services to US customers from 1997 to Oct. 2006 and agreeing to pay $105m in fines in semi-annual

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