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September 24, 2020
PokerStars Founder Avoids More Jail Time After Plea
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday fined PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg $30,000 but declined to give him more time behind bars for running an illegal gambling business, long after prosecutors forced the Isle of Man website to forfeit $547 million in 2012.
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March 25, 2020
Poker Site Founder Cops Plea In 9-Year-Old Gambling Case
PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg pled guilty in Manhattan federal court Wednesday to running an unlawful internet gambling business, nine years after he was charged and after federal prosecutors forced the Isle of Man website to forfeit $547 million.
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February 23, 2017
Absolute Poker Co-Founder Set To Cop To Gambling Charges
A co-founder of defunct gambling website Absolute Poker denied illegal gambling charges on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, but his lawyer said the defendant was likely to resolve the criminal charges in the coming weeks.
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November 28, 2016
Ex-PokerStars Manager Avoids Prison After Gambling Plea
A Manhattan federal judge punched a former PokerStars payment processing manager's ticket back to the Isle of Man on Monday, letting the British citizen avoid prison after he copped to a gambling charge tied to the high-profile bust of three online card rooms.
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April 15, 2013
Ex-Full Tilt Poker CEO's Bad Heart Keeps Him Out Of Prison
A New York federal judge ruled Monday that former Full Tilt Poker CEO Raymond Bitar will not have to serve time in prison for defrauding customers and violating U.S. laws on online gaming, sparing him incarceration because he needs a heart transplant.
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April 08, 2013
Ex-Full Tilt Poker CEO To Plead Guilty In Fraud Case
Full Tilt Poker's former CEO intends to plead guilty in a federal criminal case alleging he defrauded customers and violating U.S. laws on online gambling, his lawyer said Monday.
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October 03, 2012
Online Poker Payment Processor Gets 5 Months In Jail
A payment processor for a trio of poker websites was sentenced to five months of jail time Wednesday for defying a U.S. ban on handling money for online gaming.
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September 19, 2012
Full Tilt Poker Exec Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
The former head payment processor at Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars pled guilty Wednesday in New York federal court to criminal fraud allegations that he lied to U.S. banks about hundreds of millions of dollars worth of financial transactions in order to circumvent U.S. gaming laws.
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July 31, 2012
PokerStars Pays $731M, Acquires Full Tilt In DOJ Settlement
PokerStars will pay a total of $731 million and absorb fellow online gaming site Full Tilt Poker in order to settle the government's wide-ranging fraud allegations against the poker site, the company said on Tuesday.
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July 26, 2012
Money Launderer For Poker Cos. Dealt 3 Years In Prison
A career criminal who helped funnel over $100 million for online poker companies was sentenced to three years is prison Thursday, after a federal judge lambasted him for his "brazen" crime.