DOJ Seizes Online Poker Site Domains

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 15, 2011 @08:30AM from the know-when-to-fold-em dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Federal authorities have seized Internet domain names used by three major poker companies. The indictment charges eleven defendants (PDF), including the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses, according to Federal authorities in New York. The United States also filed a civil money laundering and in rem forfeiture complaint against the poker companies, their assets, and the assets of several payment processors for the poker companies."

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Re:Victimless "crime" by luis_a_espinal · 2011-04-15 09:49 · Score: 5, Informative

I disagree.
I would rather have the freedom to choose whether or not I would risk my money in an unregulated gambling house than to be forced by the government to not gamble.
In either case, the result is the same...I wouldn't gamble. But I sill believe in the right to choose.
Bro, read. Bank fraud and money laundering are among the charges. Not every act of prosecution is about is about attacking your right to choose. I know this is slashdot and people don't RTFA, but c'mon.