According to the Associated Press, Bradley Franzen (41 years of age) pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court on Monday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and accepting funds in connection with illegal internet gambling. This information came to AP from Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, the lead prosecutor on the case. Bradley Franzen now lives in Costa Rica (before he had lived in Illinois). Franzen is president of a payment processing company serving online poker sites. Franzen is facing up to…
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Feds Seize More Online Poker Domains
The federal grand jury for the District of Maryland has handed down 2 separate indictments, charging two online gambling companies and three people with money laundering and conducting a gambling business. The first indictment named defendants ThrillX Systems Ltd., doing business as BetEd.com, along with Darren Wright and David Parchomchuk. The second named K23 Group Financial Services, doing business as BMX Entertainment, along with Ann Marie Puig. Ten domains were seized. The domains include…
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Costa Rican Raids Fail To Turn Up Suspects
A raid by Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) Friday failed to find the Absolute Poker executives named in the US government’s indictments against 11 top online poker industry executives. The raids were reportedly targeted at finding
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Blanca Games Issues Statement on Costa Rican Authorities Actions
Blanca can confirm that Costa Rican officials visited the office of Innovative Data Solutions (“IDS”), the former customer service centre of Absolute Poker and UB in Costa Rica. The Organismo de Investigaciones Judiciales (“OIJ”) took action yesterday to further their investigation of
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UPDATED Video: Online Poker Site Indictments
Videos of various news coverage about Online Poker Site Indictments
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Steve Wynn Ends Agreement with Pokerstars
Steve Wynn & PokerStars agreement ended abruptly today following the federal indictment of Isai Scheinberg, CEO of PokerStars.
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Official Press Release Of The Indictments of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker & Absolute Poker
Here is the full press release regarding the Indictments of Pokerstars Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker
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The Man That Could Behind The Indictments of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker & Absolute Poker
“…may be the engine behind today’s online poker site seizures and Federal indictment…”
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UPDATE: Complete DOJ Indictment On Full Tilt, Pokerstars & Absolute Poker Released
Here is the complete Department of Justice Indictment regarding the seizure of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker & Absolute Poker Domains and the blocking of these domains for poker players in the USA.
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