Those who have followed the saga of the Black Friday will recall probably Daniel Tzvetkoff, man without that black friday would not have occurred and which might 75 years in prison for attempting to steal over $ 100 million. Several counts against him including those of bank fraud and money laundering.
Recall that a few months after his arrest in Las Vegas, as if by magic, he was released on bail. That had happened?
Tzvetkoff had traded his freedom against confessions and documents on money-laundering and on the knowledge that he had (among others) on Chad Elijah and John Campos. Following these revelations, the FBI was able to indict 11 people (Isai Scheinberg for PokerStars; Raymond Bitar and Nelson Burtnick for Full Tilt. Scott Tom Absolute; and Brent Beckley, Paul Tate, Ryan Lang, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin, Chad Elijah, John Campos) for money laundering, bank fraud and illegal gambling organization.
A book to be published in June
His story inspired a book that will be available in bookstores June 19 next bearing the title "Alligator Blood: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the High-rolling Whiz-kid who Controlled Online Poker's trillion".
The book covers the period pre-black friday and post-black friday in addressing the life of Tzvetkoff.
Young entrepreneur to wheeler-dealer
Daniel Kim Tzvetkoff's full name was born in Queensland, Australia, son of a Bulgarian immigrant. From a young age, he is interested in computers and became a very brilliant geek. At age 13, he launched his own company Web design and at age 16, he created cartoons for the New York Times website.
At age 25, he is multimillionaire and has a very flamboyant life type. At that time, his fortune is estimated at $80M including a House of 28 M$.
He was arrested in April, 2010, for the reasons that it knows and he faces 75 years in prison. The rest of the events is well known.
According to several critics, the book is a must for all poker players who want to learn more about the sad and dark history of this pillar of the events of black friday.
To preorder on Amazon.
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