- After pleading guilty, Chad Elie was convicted on charges leveled at him as a payment processor on Black Friday.
- He sued gaming law firm Ifrah Law for multiple acts of malpractice and negligence.
- All such allegations were dismissed by the Judge James C. Mahan who said that Elie’s claims directly contradicted his sworn statements under oath.
A US District Court Judge has dismissed all claims by Chad Elie against Ifrah Law.
In March 2012 Chad Elie plead guilty to charges leveled at him on Black Friday as a result of processing online poker transactions. Following his release from prison, he sued gaming law firm Ifrah Law for multiple acts of malpractice and negligence.
“We can’t speculate why Chad Elie chose to strike out and blame us for his own actions … we can only speak to the facts. And those facts are clear, unambiguous, and directly contradict Elie’s claims against us,” stated Jeff Ifrah, founder of Ifrah Law, in a press release issued to pokerfuse.
Elie alleged that Ifrah Law served as a secret government source for the United States’ investigation against US-facing poker firms, and that Ifrah “provided testimony against his own clients to avoid being indicted, denying his involvement in the Black Friday affair.”
All such allegations were dismissed by the Judge James C. Mahan, who said that Elie’s claims directly contradicted his own sworn statements.
“Prior to his guilty plea, Elie contradicted his later statements under oath, claiming he relied upon the advice of several lawyers about the legality of his actions,” Ifrah is quoted as saying.
“However—and this is important—he never once claimed to have received any legal advice from my firm or myself. Even more damning is the fact that Elie knowingly and illegally processed payments for nearly two years before his first-ever contact with our firm and myself.”
