Washington/New York - Authorities in the US are stepping up efforts to enforce the country’s strict online gambling laws.
On 23 June, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized ten dot.com domain names, among them doylesroom.com and bookmaker.com. Ann Marie Puig, of bookmaker.com, as well as Darren Wright and David Parchomchuk, of BetEd owner ThrillX Systems, have been indicted on counts of alleged money laundering and operating an illegal gambling business, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced.
On the same day payment processor Bradley Franzen, one of 11 people indicted on Black Friday, last April, admitted to helping PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker to circumvent US laws that prohibit the processing of payments from online gambling websites.
Franzen pled guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison, although he has entered a guilty plea deal that recommends leniency at his sentencing which is scheduled for 26 August.
Michiel Willems 2011, published previously in a London based publication. Copyrights apply at all times.
