Probe Involving Full Tilt Poker: What a Shock!
This week a number of websites and online poker forums are reporting on a possible "FBI probe" of the world's number two Internet card room, Full Tilt Poker.
Sites have pointed out that a number of customers, primarily in Washington State, are being contacted by law enforcement. The initiative seems to be focused on payment processing activities of the company.
But this is obviously not news to Gambling911.com readers.
You might recall our parent company filed a Motion to Intervene following the Southern District of New York Attorney's office freezing several million in Full Tilt Poker's funds. The US Attorney last summer immediately indicted one payment processor a few days after our filing. Charges against Douglas Rennick and Account Services Corporation included money laundering and bank fraud.
A judge awarded Gambling911.com the right of full disclosure into all court documents pertaining to the matter. And while portions of the documents had to be redacted due to an active investigation of specific individuals and companies, Full Tilt Poker was indeed mentioned within the said documents.
Interestingly enough the US Attorney's Office didn't find it necessary to redact Full Tilt Poker from the affidavits, which is telling in and of its self.
The problem with Full Tilt Poker, however, is that they publicly proclaim that several professional poker players living within the United States are part owners of the company and this could be seen as a violation of current laws pertaining to online poker.
It was not clear which law enforcement office was in contact with Full Tilt Poker customers.
Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
