The Kahnawake Gaming Commission released a statement saying that the operator of Absolute Poker and UB has submitted a plan to the U.S. Department of Justice to allow the reimbursement of all players from the two online poker sites. The statement reads…
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Absolute Poker & Ultimate Bet Reach Agreement With The United States Department of Justice
On Tuesday, the CEREUS Network and Ultimate Bet (CEREUS sister site) finally announced that it has made an agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. This is a preliminary step to get the frozen funds back into the bank accounts of online poker players in
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Absolute Poker and UB Part Ways With Poker Pros
“Recently, Absolute Poker and UB ceased their U.S.-facing operations due to legal developments in the United States. To ensure the on-going viability of the business, it has been necessary to downsize certain aspects of Absolute Poker’s and UB’s operations. These efficiency measures have been taken to enable the brands to continue to operate their non-U.S.-facing business.
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Indicted Poker Websites Bound For Bankruptcy
“Most importantly, Blanca Gaming has provided notice … that it is currently unable to make any payments toward its debt obligations,” it said. “Additionally, Blanca has further advised that there will be no future payments.”
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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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A Payment Processor In The $3 Billion Online Poker Case Bails Out & Pleads Not Guilty
“… is being accused of scamming banks into handling illegal gambling winnings. He put up $200,000 and posted bail bond earlier this morning. He also is pleading not guilty to money laundering as well as other charges…”
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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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Joe Sebok Responds to Blackmailing Accusations
Before I begin, I would like to inform the readers that this is my first writing here on this website. I chose to remain anonymous and go by the name “Silent-Spade” nothing less; nothing more. I will post regularly; giving you a different angle and way of seeing things. Granted I do not know everything, nor want to be perceived that way, but I guarantee that you will see things differently or at the least, question the topics that I will cover. My writings are my own personal thoughts and beliefs and my views are not the views of MakePokerLegal.com and Short Stacked LLC. So with that note, I will cover Joe Sebok and his response to the accusations of blackmail.
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Prahlad Freidman Accuses Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo of Accounting Sharing
Prahlad Friedman is yet in the midst of more drama. A few months ago Prahlad signed a sponsorship with UB.com. He now took to twitter and accused Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo of switching accounts while playing against him. Friedman posted examples…
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UB COO Paul Leggett Responds to Alleged Extortion
On Tuesday, Makar met with DonkDown Radio’s Bryan Micon to show him some of the documents he claimed to have at his home. One piece of evidence supposedly revealed an e-mail sent by current UB.com COO Paul Leggett to Zoltan “Brainwashdodo” Rozsa, who was allegedly trying to extort Leggett for information he had about the cheating incidents. Micon verified that the e-mail was dated June 30, 2008 and posted it on…
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