Recently, PokerCollectif learned you that U.S. authorities gave permission to Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars to restore access to the players so that they can retrieve their funds. Great news hear you say me. Actually.
But in a recent press release, Full Tilt Poker nuance: "important practical and legal obstacles to the return of funds to the players in the immediate future should slow down operations. According to the online poker giant: "there is no way of payment allowed to the United States through which it is possible to make repayments.
Full Tilt Poker has added that he had no means at present "account for millions of dollars of funds (accounts) players who were seized by the Government; and that it is not agree to return the funds already seized.
Obviously, Full Tilt seems to have all the goodwill of the world to rectify the situation.
PokerStars meanwhile has continue to reassure his players by providing that the money of the players were in different bank accounts to current accounts of their operation and that this money was safe.
For those who are curious, the money players (and operations) french site PokerStars, is kept apart from money from .com domains.
The latest news, PokerStars continued to treat normally requests for withdrawals of players (who are not Americans obviously).
Recall that senior leaders at Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars are facing several counts of charges.
A responsible inquiry, Janice Fedarcyk FBI officials, said that the defendants "lied to banks about the true nature of their activities". The accused are punishable by 30 years in prison for bank fraud, 20 years for money laundering and 5 years for the Organization of gambling online.
Discuss this news on PokerCollectif forums: difficulties for Full Tilt Poker to repay all its players?
