UtlimateBet Cheating Scandal Investigation Concludes

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Sep/12/2009

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG ("Tokwiro"), the parent company of UltimateBet ("UB"), yesterday received a decision from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission ("KGC"), UB's regulatory authority, regarding the UB cheating scandal in 2008. The report, which followed an intensive and exhaustive investigation, ruled that Tokwiro has met the conditions imposed on it and has shown adequate cause as to why its Client Provider Authorization ("CPA") should not be revoked. The report also included a full public disclosure of all 23 accounts and 117 usernames that were used by the cheater. The method for determining the list of names was approved by the KGC and their forensic auditors.

The KGC concluded that Tokwiro was not aware of the deficiencies in the control system until after the cheating activity had been initiated; Tokwiro fully cooperated with the KGC throughout the investigation to identify the individual(s) responsible for the cheating incidences; No individual identified as "unsuitable" is currently involved in any aspect of Tokwiro's ownership, management and operations; Tokwiro has ensured that all players victimized by the cheating activity were promptly and fully reimbursed; and Tokwiro has paid the USD$1.5 Million fine imposed by the KGC, plus the costs of the investigation.

Paul Leggett, Chief Operating Officer for Tokwiro said, "The welfare of our players is our top priority and we are very pleased they now have access to the details of the fraud and all the facts and findings released by the KGC included in their report.  A lot of our players have been patiently awaiting the release of the full list of usernames involved in the cheating incidences, and we can now answer any of their outstanding inquiries related to their refunds." 

With the completion of the investigation, the KGC has now released their final list of account numbers (User ID) and usernames (the "cheating accounts"), and they are provided in the following table:

 

UserID

Username

UserID

Username

UserID

Username

445519

63vette

40018

QQwins

1676953

AllBoutMeee

445519

Bgroup

40018

Skipmyloo

1676953

Alll Innn

445519

FlipFlop2

40018

Starbucs

1676953

BlueBerry101

445519

gravitation

147524

 groundskinner

1676953

MoDiddle2

445519

HeadKase01

147524

 TakeThe5th

1676953

Squezzzed

445519

UTakeIt2

147524

 trying again

1676953

VioPlayer

16054

FireNTexas

*147524

2yung2fast

1676953

Xnomas

16054

FlatBroke33

147524

8-9Suited

1676958

DigginOut

16054

ilike2win

147524

ACaction

1676958

FristSucks

2833743

NioNio

147524

azzazzin

1676958

ProBitchen

2833743

NYMobser

147524

BJPlayer

1676958

SendMeMoney

1867358

 LetsPatttty

147524

crackerboxxx

1676958

SteroidWhiz

1867358

Eric456

147524

dad77

1676958

WhizzzOff

1867358

RockStarLA

147524

monizzle

1676972

BeachBumAA

1867358

Stoned2Nite

147524

NCWolfpac

1676972

Broke_In_L_A

1867358

WhackMe44

147524

OnceMore

1676972

GameSetMatch

227061

GrabBag123

147524

scramble18

1676972

GutShot32

227061

NoPaddles

147524

snowball

1676972

HolyMucker

227061

nvtease

147524

Tiltorama

1676972

ShaqTack

227061

Sleeplesss

147524

Titanic_T

1676972

SlimPikins2

3126267

monizzzle

147524

Triceagain

1676972

WhakMe

3126267

whowherewhen

147524

WSOP07

*2422566

2Yung2Fast

12955

dannyboy55

622621

Butterfly29

2422566

ReimburseMe

40018

 Calluwin1

622621

Butterfly30

2422566

Seve2Yung2Fast

40018

 newyearnewlif

622621

dragonfly30

2422566

SeveWonder

40018

 WPTwin1

638132

1105new

2422566

WacoManiac

40018

78suited

638132

30 I Am

2496885

Twenty 1

40018

Aruba2005

638132

4peat

2510148

bmw750li


 

Account numbers and usernames involved in the cheating incidences (cont...)

UserID

Username

UserID

Username

UserID

Username

40018

Beeeemer

638132

clubhouse

2561615

2Fasttttt

40018

Calluwin

638132

Omyfuknhead

2561615

slug2

40018

Dive-Dive

638132

River-Broke

2561615

SweeetNSour

40018

Indy05

638132

Ticketless

2561621

DoMee

40018

jamaway

638132

workinout

2561621

humster

40018

kid66

966687

CominHome

2561631

BenzMe

40018

marshal arts

966687

Crackcorn55

2561631

flammer2

40018

Natsme

966687

CravinAA

2561631

KidXmas

40018

newyearlife

966687

Jupiter300

2599923

H_Curtis

40018

ocean11

966687

LivTheLif

2641649

commish2

40018

oceans14

1676953

55WasHere

2641649

Treetopss

 

 

 

 

2641649

TressureHunt

 

 

* Represents accounts that had a duplicate username.

It is important to note that the legacy UB software, which is no longer in use, historically allowed a username to be reused, provided that the username was no longer associated with an account.  Because of this, it is possible that some of the usernames which were released yesterday by the KGC may have been used by legitimate accounts, once those usernames were no longer used and controlled by the perpetrator.  It is also a fact that a very small number of the usernames associated with the cheating accounts never actually played a hand.

As previously determined by independent investigations and stated in yesterday's KGC report, the malicious software code that enabled the cheating was placed on UB servers prior to Tokwiro's acquisition of the business from Excapsa Software ("Excapsa") in 2006.  Tokwiro's consistent position that the ability to cheat predated its ownership was vindicated by the recent legal settlement with Excapsa, under the terms of which Excapsa paid Tokwiro USD$15 million in partial compensation for the damage that was done by the cheating. This payment went toward the USD$22,054,351.91 in complete refunds that Tokwiro issued to the players that were adversely affected by the UB cheating incidences.

"It is extremely important to us that our players and the rest of the poker community understand that the individuals who perpetrated the cheating have never had any involvement with our company and we hope that the KGC report helps to inform the poker community of this fact," Leggett added.  "Over the past year we have literally rebuilt our company, creating a new management team and core staff that are poker players themselves and passionate about the game, and we are very excited to demonstrate what we can do in the coming months."

In response to the cheating scandal, Tokwiro has implemented a range of  key security measures  that include a complete corporate reorganization, the dissemination of new mandatory ethics policies as well as strict policies regarding account name changes and VIP player vetting, the creation of an expanded Security Department to incorporate a specialized group of poker security analysts, and the development of a state-of-the-art Security Center that uses statistical analysis and real-time monitoring to catch cheating, including collusion, chip-dumping, bots, and other illicit activities. 

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