According to Diamond Flush, formerly associated with Subject: Poker, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has targeted the Everleaf Gaming payment processor Causash Establishment. You’ll recall that last week, the network pulled out of the United States and France after receiving a cease and desist letter from the Department of Homeland Security. On Wednesday, Diamond Flush revealed that Causash Establishment was partly to blame.

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According to Diamond Flush, Everleaf Poker, Poker Royal, and Raider Pokerwere all part of the U.S. Government’s sting, which began back in 2009. Causash Establishment is based in Liechtenstein, and court documents explained its business model: “The correspondent bank does not hold any actual funds, rather the funds are quickly, almost instantaneously, converted to United States Dollars at Bank of New York Mellon, and then forwarded to their final destination in the United States.”

The Government added, “Causash Establishment is not a licensed money transmitter in the United States.”

The Feds issued two arrest warrants for funds coming from Causash destined for the Bank of New York, and one account with nearly $30,000 was seized. Diamond Flush added that in mid-2011, a U.S. Government official deposited on the network’s flagship site using Western Union: “A month later, the same agent received a withdrawal into his U.S. bank account, such withdrawal being sent from Causash Establishment.” The wire was for “more than $250.”

The court documents single out poker pro Andrew Robl (pictured), formerly of Victory Poker, who received $84,000 from the payment processor in question: “While reviewing the… monthly wire transfer activity, investigators noticed that in August and September 2010, an individual named Andrew Robl, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, received two large wires totaling $84,926. An internet query revealed that Andrew Robl is a well-known poker player on the online gambling circuit who lives in Las Vegas.”

The documents assert that Causash is operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, engaging in money laundering, and transmitting wagering information. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Donohue signed the nine-page document.

Diamond Flush contacted Everleaf representatives, who said, “[We] want to ensure you that the players’ funds under our license are segregated and also under the control of the [Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority] and hence in safekeeping. At the same time, we want to emphasize that our non-American players are completely unaffected and that business will continue as usual.”

According to PokerScout, which keeps tabs on online poker room traffic, ring game traffic on the Everleaf Network is off just 12% after the network shut its doors to U.S. and French players last week. PokerScout concluded, “It appears that Everleaf may not have been as dependent on U.S. players as many had supposed.”

Everleaf is currently the 28th largest network worldwide and has a seven-day running average of 350 cash game players. It has turned in peak cash game counts of fewer than 700 players three of the past four days. By comparison, its peak real money ring game traffic failed to eclipse 700 players just twice during the entire month of January.

PocketFives reached out to Everleaf on Tuesday, but the network declined to comment. On February 9th, Minted Poker officials sent an e-mail to affiliates that read in part, “The decision had been made after a series of events that culminated in a letter from U.S. Homeland Security warning them to cease and desist poker operations in the U.S. or the directors and owners of the network would be subject to legal proceedings.”

On Monday, Neil, a representative of Minted Poker, posted on TwoPlusTwo that the timing of the withdrawal from the American market could not have been worse: “I didn’t know it was going to happen. I would definitely not have started a deposit bonus. What would be the point?” Neil reiterated that player funds are allegedly segregated.

The latest post from Neil on TwoPlusTwo confirmed the Diamond Flush story. Stay tuned to PocketFives for the latest on this developing story.