Former Full Tilt Pokerpro Erick Lindgren (pictured) is being sued by PokerStars for $2.5 million after failing to repay various loans, along with an “erroneous” payment made by his former employer.

In April 2011, Full Tilt credited Lindgren’s account with a $2 million payment for services rendered as part of the company’s sponsored roster. Perhaps indicative of the way Full Tilt executives played fast and loose with company funds, the 38-year-old pro was accidentally paid another $2 million one week later. The suit claims that after the second credit was made, Lindgren failed to repay the funds and became unreachable by company executives.

“I tried calling him maybe a dozen times,” said Full Tilt founder Howard Lederer in an interview with PokerNews. “I shipped him off the wire information and he never paid it back… ever.”

PokerStars subsequently bought Full Tilt for $730 million and, along with it, inherited debts owed to the company.

Along with the $2 million, the Isle of Man-based gaming giant also seeks to recover pre-Black Friday outstanding loans made to Lindgren totaling $531,807. The poker pro was contacted by PokerStars attorneys in 2012 seeking repayment, but efforts to collect the cash were suspended due to Lindgren filing for bankruptcy.

The poker pro didn’t dispute the $2.5 million debt in his filing, but the bankruptcy court “took no action with respect to PokerStars’ claim” and decided to keep the debt on the books. After the court proceedings were wrapped up, PokerStars was “free to renew its collection activities.”

The lawsuit comes as another blow to Lindgren, whose career rapidly took a turn for the worse after Black Friday. In 2012, well-known gambler Haralabos Voulgaris made a post on 2+2 claiming that Lindgren owed $100,000 in sports betting debts.

“We all knew that Edog was pretty much a piece of **** when it came to settling gambling debts,” wrote Voulgaris. “But as long as the Full Tilt money train was chugging along paying distributions, nobody wanted to speak up. Now, it’s pretty clear that FTP is done and so are any prospects of Erick being able to pay anyone back.” The post spawned a massive thread, with several other players claiming Lindgren owed them money as well.

In an interview with Bluff Magazine, Lindgren revealed that at one point he owed $10 million, but “going into Black Friday” he had knocked that down to under $2 million. Later that year, the beleaguered pro eventually found his way into rehab and now claims he has made a deal with his debtors to slowly pay back what he owes.

Even so, Lindgren continues to excel in the poker world and was recently lauded as the only known player to win $1 million in poker tournaments over five consecutive years. His worst year since 2000 came in 2012, when the pro won only $50,810. The 2013, he hit the million-dollar mark again, taking home $1.3 million.

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