BREAKING NEWS: Major US Facing Poker Rooms Face Indictments, Domain Seizures

15/04/2011 15:04
Type Online Report
Theme poker

The US Attorney's Office of the Department of Justice in Manhattan, New York, USA has charged the principals of three of the biggest online poker rooms (which all accept US-based Players) with illegal gambling and money laundering charges.

In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has seized the following domain names: UltimateBet.com, UB.com, FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com, and AbsolutePoker.com.

Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker and Poker stars fall victim to a US indictment. The businesses have been shut down and websites redirected to a DoJ landing page.

Payment processors for these companies have been tied into the complaint, so members of these sites are likely to experience severe problems getting money out of their player accounts, even if they do not reside in the USA.

As is so frequently the case in government actions, this is a case of "show me the money." The Department of Justice is seeking the forfeiture of $3 BILLION Dollars from the companies and principal defendants named in the suit.

"Q"
Wheretobet.com

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