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Judge freezes payments of online poker
kmil420 (United States) 1,856 Posts. Joined 11-28-2006.
06-09-2009 4:06 PM

24,000 Online Poker Players Affected by Federal Funds Seizure


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/APNewsBreak-Group-says-poker-apf-15481559.html?sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=

APNewsBreak: Group says poker winnings are frozen

APNewsBreak: Group says government has frozen online poker players' winnings

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An advocacy group for online poker says the federal government has frozen the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players.

The Poker Players Alliance says those winnings are worth upward of $30 million.

The alliance tells The Associated Press that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York told three banks to freeze the accounts.

A document obtained by the AP shows that a judge in the district issued a seizure warrant last week for an account at a Wells Fargo bank in San Francisco.

The Justice Department has long maintained that Internet gambling is illegal, a view that the poker group challenges.

 
 
 

Hate UIGEA (United States) 9 Posts. Joined 05-10-2009.
06-09-2009 5:39 PM - In reply to

dgillis: 

 

I hope every one recognizes this as the strong-arm desperation tactic that it is. these are the final last ditch attempts of a party\ideology that is hopefully dieing out and feels it has been backed into a corner. This is not a disaster, in fact it may be just what we need, the issue will be heard out in court, where we have never lost. I'm willing to bet we have a DA trying to make a name for himself.


THIS.


Jokerluelz (United States) 2,780 Posts. Joined 04-24-2007.
06-09-2009 5:43 PM - In reply to

Just wow .. think of all the people that have fought and died for our freedoms just to see that we really aren't free to do a fucking thing ..



bettntibetn (United States) 1,064 Posts. Joined 05-30-2007.
06-09-2009 5:45 PM - In reply to

keep up the good fight.  The whole situation seems too ridiculous to be true. 


Jackingoffpwns (United States) 112 Posts. Joined 08-26-2008.
06-09-2009 5:46 PM - In reply to

Jokerluelz: 
Just wow .. think of all the people that have fought and died for our freedoms just to see that we really aren't free to do a fucking thing ..


America the land of the free , whoever told you that is your enemy!
Action must be taken , we don't need the key , we'll break in!

TheEngineer (United States) 2,086 Posts. Joined 11-23-2007.
06-09-2009 5:46 PM - In reply to

Seriously, we ALL have to call Congress tomorrow morning.


dgillis (United States) 1,040 Posts. Joined 03-10-2008.
06-09-2009 5:50 PM - In reply to

fwiw, I would NEVER allow any organization, govt or non to intimidate me into giving up what I feel is my natural and inalienable rights as a US citizen. My ancestors have died to give me the right to say no to this type of unjust action. I would count myself as less of an American should I allow that to happen. our govt is for the people by the people, yet we continue to face legislation and actions of a few extremist government figures despite that fact that

1. we have never lost a court case (to my knowledge)

2. we have repeatedly shown that this is an important issue to a large number of TAX PAYING CITIZENS (Pres. Obama's issue survey)

3. The public opinion is with us, an overwhelming 91% of voters in the latest USNEWS article poll made that clear. 


What else do we need to do? how much more clearly can it be said? 


"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. Abraham Lincoln"


Stickit69r (United States) 1 Posts. Joined 09-22-2006.
06-09-2009 5:53 PM - In reply to

 Go to the PPA website and send letters-They will be hit with 100,000 + e-mails-probably won't help but will show our frustration.


TheEngineer (United States) 2,086 Posts. Joined 11-23-2007.
06-09-2009 6:06 PM - In reply to

Stickit69r: 

 Go to the PPA website and send letters-They will be hit with 100,000 + e-mails-probably won't help but will show our frustration.



This (though IMO it will help).

Jackingoffpwns (United States) 112 Posts. Joined 08-26-2008.
06-09-2009 6:11 PM - In reply to

OK...Im sure the offices are closed now...but...we can call tomorrow to report this corruption (top right side of screen)


http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/index.html


virtualthief (United States) 264 Posts. Joined 11-02-2006.
06-09-2009 6:18 PM - In reply to

TheEngineer: 
Stickit69r: 

 Go to the PPA website and send letters-They will be hit with 100,000 + e-mails-probably won't help but will show our frustration.



This (though IMO it will help).


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MadProfesor (Anonymous Proxy) 6,459 Posts. Joined 01-13-2006.
06-09-2009 6:19 PM - In reply to

sent!


andrewkr80 (United States) 288 Posts. Joined 01-03-2009.
06-09-2009 6:31 PM - In reply to

Letters sent.  Link to join ppa isn't working for me.

Thanks for everything Engineer!


TheEngineer (United States) 2,086 Posts. Joined 11-23-2007.
06-09-2009 6:38 PM - In reply to

andrewkr80: 

Letters sent.  Link to join ppa isn't working for me.

Thanks for everything Engineer!



Try http://www.joinppa.org .  There will be a security certificate issue because PPA changed its URL two hours ago to www.theppa.org (the cert. looks for www.pokerplayersalliance.org).  PPA is updating the certificate later this evening, but for now just allow an exception and you'll get right in.  Thanks.



ftpdoug (Ireland) 606 Posts. Joined 06-27-2006.
06-09-2009 6:40 PM - In reply to

Hi All,

Understandably, many of you have concerns regarding certain bank accounts with poker players' money being frozen in the US, and I'd just like to reassure everyone that your funds remain safe and secure at FTP, and the processing of withdrawal requests is proceeding as normal and is still available to all of our players. I've been gathering information on our side to address some of the rumors and conjecture that have been flying around, and here's what I know:
  • We have multiple check processors. Only one processor was affected by the current situation, and we don't expect any further interruption in check withdrawals or any other withdrawal methods.
  • All players who were affected by this issue have had their money returned to their Full Tilt Poker account and all withdrawals are processing normally.
  • We always make sure we can cash out any of our players at any time. You should never have to worry that you won't get your money, and we're doing everything we can to ensure you always have plenty of methods available for both deposits and withdrawals.
  • eCheck deposits are temporarily unavailable, but we expect it to return as a deposit option sometime this week or next.
  • I'm not sure where this particular rumor started, but there are absolutely no plans to leave any market.
If you have any questions, or would like to know if there are more deposit or withdrawal options available that haven't appeared in your cashier, please contact support and they will be happy to help you out.

Click on the following link for an official statement from Full Tilt Poker regarding the frozen funds.

TheEngineer (United States) 2,086 Posts. Joined 11-23-2007.
06-09-2009 6:40 PM - In reply to

The story was just updated with more info: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/APNewsBreak-Group-says-poker-apf-15481559.html

 
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