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Old 04-24-2011, 11:44 AM  
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Originally Posted by TheDoc View Post
As the article says.... "PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute used fraudulent means to work around the ban to continue operating in the U.S., and ?trick? banks into processing payments on their behalf."

"The indictment names two principals from each company and others who allegedly worked with them to illegally process payments."

Money laundering is the practice of disguising the origins of illegally-obtained money.

Looks spot on to me....
Spot on... Although I dont agree with banning gambling online in the US there is a law against it on the books and all these sites have been caught red handed skirting the law. Sites like PartyPoker who stopped processing when the ban went into effect had no issues with the recent indictments.
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