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United States v. Scheinberg, No. 1:10-cr-00336 (2011), is a United States federal criminal case against the founders of the three largest online poker companies, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Cereus (Absolute Poker/Ultimatebet), and a handful of their associates, [1] which alleges that the defendants violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and engaged in bank fraud ...
UltimateBet had a cheating scandal similar in nature to that of Absolute Poker. [17] In May 2008, the company released a statement about the scandal, claiming that cheating had taken place from March 2006 to December 2007. However, in a later statement they confirmed that the cheating had begun at the start of 2005:
[3] Haley Hintze, a writer who helped uncover the Absolute Poker scandal, labeled the book a "literary fraud" in an eleven part series. [4] Don Oldenburg writing in USA Today notes one of the book's problems is "how much Mezrich himself seems in awe of" the sordid activity he is describing. [5]
More than a month has passed since a scandal rocked the poker world, with no evidence of cheating found yet. That leaves players, and fans, in limbo. The poker scandal is still under investigation.
The former biopharmaceuticals account manager from Pacific Palisades was relatively unknown on the poker circuit before the cheating scandal. She learned to play four years ago, initially picking ...
Witteles was a victim of the Absolute Poker/Ultimatebet "Superuser" cheating scandal. He and several other online players took part in uncovering and proving the cheating. This attracted enough media attention to where it became the subject of a story on the TV news program "60 Minutes", where Witteles was featur
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The Southern District of New York (SDNY) Action Against Online Poker Players was a legal action taken by the Department of Justice in an effort to crack down on online poker. The action occurred around June 8, 2009, when the government ordered four banks to freeze over 34 million dollars in payments owed to about 27,000 poker players.