Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against the principals and others associated with three of the largest Internet poker sites, Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. The 11 named defendants were charged with fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses. A civil money laundering and forfeiture complaint was also filed against those sites and their payment processors. Since the enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006, it has been illegal for gaming sites to “knowingly accept” most forms of payment.
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DoJ's Net Gambling Crackdown Has Poker Sites Seeing Red
Posted by: Emir Aly Crowne April 19, 2011 10:25 AMLast week, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against the principals and others associated with three of the largest Internet poker sites, Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. The 11 named defendants were charged with fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses. A civil money laundering and forfeiture complaint was also filed against those sites and their payment processors. Since the enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006, it has been illegal for gaming sites to “knowingly accept” most forms of payment.