In the aftermath of Black Friday a number of questions were left unanswered, chief among them was why were only PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the Cereus Poker Network targeted in the domain seizures and indictments? Well, on Monday, May 23, 2011, a little over a month after the original indictments were handed down by the US Attorney Office in the Southern District of New York, we learned that two more online poker rooms now face similar charges, Doyles Room and True Poker, along with eight other online gaming providers.
The two online poker sites were named along with eight sportsbooks in an indictment unsealed Monday by the US Attorneys Office from Maryland. In a mirror image of the Black Friday proceedings, the sites had their domain names seized –replaced with the white screen message from the DOJ and FBI—bank accounts were frozen, and indictments were unsealed against three people.
The investigation supposedly stems from an undercover operation where a payment processing company was setup by the government, through which they processed some $33 million in over 300,000 transactions from the following online gaming sites: Bookmaker.com, 2Betsdi.com, Funtimebingo.com. Goldenarchcasino.com, Truepoker.com, Betmaker.com, Betgrandesports.com, Doylesroom.com, Betehorse.com, and Beted.com.
It was also stated that the fake payment processing company, Linwood Payment Solutions, processed transactions for UB Poker and Absolute Poker.
These latest indictments show that the DOJ is not finished with its assault on online poker, and is not resting its hat on its Black Friday Successes. Even more troublesome is that both True Poker and Doyles Room operate on the very small Yatahay Poker Network, which likely means there are possible indictments in the works against other US-serving poker rooms and networks.
You can read the entire press release issued by the Justice Department [here]
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