RICO Action Against Full Tilt Goes Bust

Law360, New York (January 30, 2012, 7:58 PM ET) -- A New York federal judge on Monday largely dismissed a putative Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act class action alleging that Full Tilt Poker and 10 individual defendants conspired to defraud company account holders of $150 million by freezing their accounts.

U.S. District Judge Leonard B. Sand dismissed the RICO plaintiffs' claims against Full Tilt, the individual defendants and several other corporate entities, arguing that it was unclear at this point whether a conspiracy by the defendants or the federal government's actions were the reason plaintiffs'...
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