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Originally Posted by Casinomeister
Okay, let me reword this to "it looks like money laundering" 
But who's to say what the outcome of the funds are. Let's say these are two drug dealers trying to move money. Sign up at a poker room and then "lose" the money to one another. This is one of the reasons poker rooms are adamant about this sort of thing. Even though it looks innocent - two friends paying each other back - if there is any criminal element involved, the poker room becomes an instrument of that crime.
What if the OP and his friend get popped by the local police? (this is only a theoretical scenario) They confiscate their computers and see that he received his funds from his "friend" via the poker room. Guess what will happen to poker room? That's why this behaviour is discouraged.
This "lawyer" should have figured this out already  |
Even not being lawyer you should know that there is a presumption of innocence, and it would be reasonable to refrain from making such assumptions unless you can prove this. It was a repay of a debt, not money laudering or fraud of any kind.