The 11 defendants listed above are each being charged with four counts - violation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, operation of an illegal gambling business, conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Lang, Rubin, Franzen and Elie are identified as people who ran payment processors in the USA. Scheinberg and Tate are identified in the indictment as representing PokerStars, Bitar and Burtnick of representing Full Tilt Poker and Tom and Beckley of representing Absolute Poker. Department of Justice named 11 defendants in a press release: Isai Scheinberg, Raymond Bitar, Scott Tom, Nelson Burtnick, Paul Tate, Brent Beckley, Ryan Lang, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin, Chad Elie, and John Campos. Latest news about Full Tilt Closed Worldwide.įriday was a dark day for online internet poker in the USA which saw the likes of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker closing their doors to USA poker players as online poker's big three PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker were indicted on charges of bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling in the US with restraining orders issued against over 75 bank accounts used by the popular online poker sites and their payment processors, plus five Internet domain names.
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