NETELLER PROSECUTORS GIVEN A THIRD CONTINUANCE

23 March 2007

All parties involved agree to a further delay of one month

Reporters covering the hearings in New York against Neteller founders John Lefebvre and Stephen Lawrence today (Friday) returned to their publications empty handed as the Department of Justice team were granted a further extension until April 16. Earlier, court officials had hinted that this would be the case (see previous InfoPowa report)

Department of Justice spokesperson Rebekah Carmichael told reporters that the extension had not been opposed by the two Canadian men, who have had to put up massive bail following their arrests by the FBI in January and are confined to the New York city limits until the case has been finalised.

US players whose monies remain frozen in the Neteller debacle will have to remain patient - the continuance means that the current freeze on their funds is likely to continue. PokerPages.com reports that The Neteller Customer Coalition, based on Yahoo!, a consumer grouping affected by the big freeze with roughly 250 members, has over $750 000 in limbo, with more than a dozen individuals owed amounts up to $20 000 or more each.

Coalition founder Goldstein is quoted as saying: "These are the kinds of figures that can keep a killer legal team motivated. There's still thousands of other Neteller customers who don't know about us." He claimed that nevertheless new members were signing up at a rate of 30 – 40 new members daily.

Goldstein is reportedly angered by both the US government’s stance and Neteller’s apparent passivity.

“Between Neteller and the Department of Justice thousands of citizens who have done nothing wrong have millions of dollars being confiscated without any real explanation or means of resolution,” he said.

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