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Banks
Two articles posted above seem to indicate that ALL US institutions have cut off relationships with Neteller, and that Neteller cannot, as a result, process ANY withdrawals for the present (until they have struck a deal with the DoJ). It follows, that any US player who owes money to Neteller and/or a casino has no means to pay it until the deal with the DoJ has been sorted out.
Neteller argued that they wanted time to withdraw from the US and pay back the money, well, this is bollox - they spent the time between October and early January doing no such thing. They continued to offer services between US players and sportsbooks/casinos, and it was the CASINOS that began the withdrawal from the US. Neteller clearly wanted to hang on and squeeze every last cent out of the US market by mid 2007 when they knew they would most likely have to withdraw.
If they just "needed time", they would have stopped taking new US customers the day Bush signed the bill, they would then have stopped all casino deposits for existing US players, and have told them to withdraw everything from casinos & sportsbooks back to Neteller and request withdrawal pending cessation of business altogether. No doubt, most US players would have had a window of opportunity between November and January to clear out accounts and withdraw. Only those US players prepared to take a big risk would have still had money tied up now, rather than pretty much all of them.
Lastly, if the money is "in trust", how did the FBI get hold of some of it?
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