The poker world was rocked on September 20 when a new amended motion from US prosecutors in a civil case versus Full Tilt Poker revealed details that they claim points to the online poker site being a “Ponzi scheme” that defrauded customers of $440 million. The US government originally indicted Full Tilt on April 15 amid charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and breaking anti-gambling laws but the new motion spells out in great detail the amount of money principals with the company were paid even while Full Tilt faced a huge shortfall in its books. In March 2011 the [ Read More ]
