Le FBI attaque Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker et Ultimate bet

DonLimit · #1 15/04/2011, 20h33

Hey,

Depuis Londres, on ne peut plus accéder aux sites pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.com et ub. A la place on a droit à une bannière du FBI

https://twitter.com/#!/cyrilandre/st...59633615822848

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Federal authorities unsealed an indictment Friday against the founders of the three largest internet poker companies operating in the U.S. The indictment charges eleven defendants, including the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, with bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling offenses, according to Federal authorities in New York. Restraining orders were issued against more than 75 bank accounts used by the poker companies and their payment processors, while five Internet domain names used by the companies to host poker games were seized, federal authorities added in a statement

DOJ indicts founders of top US online poker sites - MarketWatch

Voici le court order du FBI: http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pres...dictmentpr.pdf

DonLimit · #2 15/04/2011, 20h40

Today, the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker are among eleven defendants charged by the Department of Justice with bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling offenses, MarketWatch is reporting.

Authorities issued restraining orders for upwards of 75 bank accounts used by the poker companies and their payment processors. In addition, five Internet domain names used by the companies, the largest U.S. online poker websites, were seized.

saka · #3 15/04/2011, 20h42

Le soft fonctionne toujours ?

DonLimit · #4 15/04/2011, 20h43

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Le soft fonctionne toujours ?

Je ne sais pas pour PS mais le soft de FTP fonctionne toujours et des parties sont tjs entrain de tourner.

BabylonPression · #5 15/04/2011, 20h43

Fraudes bancaires, blanchiment d'argent et paris illégaux de jeux de hasards.
L'Etat aussi veut sa part du gâteau imo

saka · #6 15/04/2011, 20h49

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Je ne sais pas pour PS mais le soft de FTP fonctionne toujours et des parties sont tjs entrain de tourner.

Je resterais pas aux tables là...
J'espère qu'ils ne vont pas bloquer les comptes.

BabylonPression · #7 15/04/2011, 20h52

Ils parlent de saisir les comptes bancaires !
J'imagine bien un scénario de film catastrophe sur le poker où ttlm se rue pour cashout ^^

mr4b · #8 15/04/2011, 21h02

d'après vous faut-il cash out ? (.com)

DonLimit · #9 15/04/2011, 21h04

Pokernews vient d'écrire une news

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On Friday, an indictment against the founders of online poker's "big three" was unsealed by federal authorities. Accoridng to MarketWatch.com, the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker were indicted on charges of bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling. There were also restraining orders issued against over 75 bank accounts used by the online poker companies and their payment processors, as well as five Internet domain names.

The United States Department of Justice released a PDF of the indictment, and in it, 11 defendants are named: Isai Scheinberg, Raymond Bitar, Scott Tom, Brent Beckley, Nelson Burtnick, Paul Tate, Ryan Lang, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin, Chad Elie, and John Campos.

In the indictment, 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."

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk 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."

At least $3 billion in civil money laundering penalties from both the poker companies and defendants is being sought after. According to the indictment, Campos and Elie were arrested Friday morning in Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada, respectively. Franzen is expected to appear in court for his arraignment on April 19, 2011. Those who are not in the United States, Scheinberg, Bitar, Burtnick, Tate, Tom, Beckley, Rubin, and Lang, have not been arrested, but the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York is working with foreign law enforcement agencies and Interpol to arrest the defendants.

PokerNews has attempted to contact all three online poker sites, and thus far, only UB/AP has replied, and has no comment at this time.

Read more: pokernews.com/news/2011/04/online-poker-big-three-indicted-10218.htm