Former Full Tilt Payment Director Pleads Guilty to Deceiving Banks

Nelson Burtnick, former director of payment processing for Full Tilt Poker and former head of payment processing at…


Homes, Cars and Cash: A Look at the Full Tilt Founders' Assets Targeted by the DOJ

Millions in personal property described as fruits of illegal activity are being sought by the US Government in connection with the Black Friday case.


Full Tilt Directors Face Asset Forfeiture in Fresh DOJ Complaint

Doubling down: Department of Justice seek over $130m in cash and assets from money paid to “FTP Insiders” in ownership distributions.


Absolute Poker Owners Contest DOJ Asset Seizure and Sale

Caught in their own shell game, AP founders try to reassert ownership of the defunct internet poker site.


Lederer, DOJ Continue Sparring Match over Dicristina Impact

The Lederer camp responds in a continued attempt to persuade Judge Sand to at least discuss the EDNY ruling.


The DOJ Rejects Lederer's Reliance on US v Dicristina

Attorneys for the office of Preet Bharara, the US District Attorney for the Southern District of New Your (SDNY) who…


Lederer Asks Judge to Consider Impact of Dicristina "Game of Skill" Ruling

If poker is not considered illegal gambling under the IGBA, lawyer argues, then the core of the government’s allegations “have no legal basis.”


Former Full Tilt Poker Director of Payment Processing Surrenders to US Authorities

Of the 11 men indicted on Black Friday, only three remain at large.


DOJ Proposes Absolute Poker/UB Settlement

Overshadowed by today’s news of the the settlement between the DOJ, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker was the US…


Black Friday Payment Processor Ira Rubin Receives Extended 3 Year Sentence

Ira Rubin, one of eleven men indicted in the Black Friday case, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Although…


Absolute Poker Vice President Receives Lenient 14 Month Sentence

Following DOJ pleading leniency, Brent Beckley faces only a 14-month prison term for his part in committing wire fraud and money laundering.


DOJ Files Fugitive Disentitlement Action Against PokerStars

Legal skirmishes in the “Black Friday” case of United States v. PokerStars, et. al. continued last week when federal…


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