DOJ Indicts Bookmaker.com, True Poker, Doyle's Room and Friends

[pokeraddict]

Just as with PokerStars, Full Tilt and Cereus the feds seized their domains as well.

http://www.portfolio.com/business-ne...its-us-charges

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,2199567.story

I guess they do not care to see if the case they have against the others is a winner. FWIW this came out of Maryland, not SDNY.

[Mousey]

Dang... what a party the DOJ has cooked up this year! Everybody's invited... And here's another article from The Domains.


At least I'm not totally crazy for thinking the feds might be setting up phony processsing...

The indictments, returned late last month and unsealed Monday, are the result of a two-year sting operation by the Homeland Security Investigations in Baltimore, a division of U.S. Customs and Immigration enforcement. The agency set up a phony payment processing business in Atlantic City and spent two years infiltrating the world of illegal online betting.
Agents ultimately handled more than $33 million in transactions and uncovered a thriving criminal community in Maryland and beyond: "There are numerous individuals in Maryland who have authorized payments to these [foreign] businesses," claims one agent's sworn affidavit, filed with court records.

Anyone familiar with this "Linwood Payment Solutions Inc." of the fed's? Or would that be purely from the casino end of the payment processing? What about it casino reps? QT?

[pokeraddict]

Here is a link to the DOJ press release:

http://www.justice.gov/usao/md/Publi...sIndicted.html

They are doing a great job keeping those ports safe aren't they?

[MommyMachine]

I would just like to take this time to thank the good ole' DoJ for watching my back and protecting me from spending my own damn money and enjoying a good card game. WTF, seriously!


Land of the free, what's not to love?

[lots0]

Thats really bad news...

Want to know why Maryland...

Maryland casinos rake in nearly $13.6 million in April
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...,3950705.story


Protectionism at it's finest. I'll bet the government attorneys involved all have highly paid positions waiting for them at the casinos as soon as they retire from government....

[alfred666]

here is a copy of the affidavit for those indictments / seizures.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56092260/L...-SSW-Affidavit

Homeland Security Special Agent Lisa Ward at it again ...
The same person who brought down a key ACH processor for the top poker brands not quite two years ago (Electracash).

[lots0]

This is why QT has stopped payments.

Chargestream is QT

10.Thecontentsofaccountnumber0243058780inthenameofChargestreamLtdatABNAMROBankNV(FKA:FortisBankNetherlandNV)loca tedintheNetherlands.

11.Thecontentsofaccountnumber0242087787inthenameofChargestrearnLtdatABNAMROBankNV(FKA:FortisBankNetherlandNV)loca tedintheNetherlands.

[pokeraddict]

Lots0, is that in the indictments? Does it mention anything directly about QT or just their bank accounts being among those seized? I'm trying to figure out where they found that.

[lots0]

In the affidavit
sections 10 & 11 of the bank account seizures.

it shows QT's accounts in the Netherlands were nabbed.

[anniemac]

Well, I guess that explains alot. I am again dumbstruck.