Online Poker Rooms Turned in Tzvetkoff

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James McCullough of the Courier-Mail is reporting that disgruntled online poker rooms turned in payment processor and Internet tycoon Daniel Tzvetkoff.  Said to be worth $80 million at one point, Tzvetkoff was arrested in Las Vegas Friday morning and charged with money laundering of up to $600 million.

The online poker rooms in question were owed a substantial amount of money by the Brisbane, Australia payment processor.

From the Courier-Mail:

He (Tzvetkoff) travelled to Las Vegas last week for a 10-day internet billing conference where it is believed he came to the attention of several of the large US online internet players to whom he owed money and they reported him to the authorities.

"Daniel went to the US and got into the country no problems but I think him wandering around that conference sort of thumbing his nose at some of the people he owed large amounts of cash to caused them to get in touch with the FBI," a former workmate said yesterday.

If convicted, Tzvetkoff faces a maximum sentence of 75 years in prison.

Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher 

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