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Police Receive $470,000 of Seized Online Gambling Funds

Remember that scene in the movie Rounders when Mike McDermott cleans up at the Binghamton police officers’ poker game (until Worm comes along and ruins everything)?SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS Well, if you live in Maryland and lost money when the United States federal government indicted two online gambling companies in May, seizing ten domain names along with player funds, playing in a local law enforcement game might be the only way for you to get your cash back.

As reported by the Odenton Patch, the Anne Arundel County Police Department was awarded $470,407.62 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementâ€™s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division, all of which was seized from as many as eleven bank accounts associated with ThrillX Systems and K23 Group Financial Services, the two online gambling companies which were indicted.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS These accounts held player funds on deposit at sites such as TruePoker.com, DoylesRoom.com, and betED.com.

From late 2009 through mid-2011, ICE HSI ran an undercover operation in which it operated a fake online payment processing company in order to catch online gambling companies transmitting money to and from the United States.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS The ICE-run payment processor, named Linwood Payment Solutions, processed over 300,000 transactions totaling over $33 million between December 2009 and January 2011, all for the two companies named in the indictment.

Those companies, along with three individuals associated with them, were charged with money laundering and operating a gambling business.

As is the norm for government and law enforcement officials who are against online gambling, ICE used unfounded notions to support the indictments and seizures.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS In a press release issued when the indictments were returned in May, William Winter, Special Agent in Charge of ICE HSI in Baltimore said, “The proceeds from illegal Internet gambling are often used to fuel organized crime and support criminal activity. ICE HSI will work diligently to uncover illicit transactions involving these types of financial crimes. Together, with our law enforcement partners, we will disrupt and dismantle organizations that commit these crimes, regardless of their location, whether here in the United States or abroad.”

The Anne Arundel County Police Department worked closely with ICE HSI in Baltimore on the case and normally has three officers assigned to that unit.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS “The cooperation between our department and [ICE HSI] investigation goes far beyond normal law enforcement task forces,” said County Police Chief James Teare, Sr.

As it turns out, the almost half-million dollar “donation” was the largest ever for the Anne Arundel County Police Department.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS The department has said the money will go towards new weapons, vehicles, and equipment for undercover operations.

“Especially in these tough economic times, when Iâ€™ve had to make very unpleasant budget cuts, Iâ€™m pleased to see these revenues will come to the police department to help them out and help them do their job,” said Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold.

In related news, eGaming Review reported last week that David Parchomchuk, one of the men associated with ThrillX Systems and named in the indictment, claims to have not been involved at all in any online gambling operations.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS He is not an owner or founder of the company, as some news sources reported, but just a software programmer.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKS “His name is not, and has never been, on any company share certificates, registry, domain, or anything else related to betED, ThrillX, OneUpNetworks, or any other associated companies,” his representatives said.

“I had no reason to believe that I would be indicted for providing technical services to this company,” Parchomchuk said through a representative. “As a husband and father I would not have jeopardized my livelihood, or the security of my family.”

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WSOP By the Numbers: The One About Duhamel, Newman and Ho

The 2011 World Series of Poker is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why each day BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the news [...]

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2011 WSOP: Jon Turner Still Jamming; J.C. Tran Still Among the Breast

http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...erload-065.jpg The spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran (above) is running good at the 2011 WSOP.

No bracelets were won on Tuesday at the 2011 WSOP…but dare we say…many were lost?

Here’s a look at the latest:

:: Event #8 ($1,000 NLH) - Final table play was stopped with three remaining. The U.K.’s Sadan Turker holds a large chip lead, stacked at 7,910,000. He’s followed by Sean Getzwiller with 3,000,000. Short-stacked by still kicking is Jon “Pearljammer” Turner, a ginger, who is trying to shake the somewhat back-handed compliment Best Ginger Without a BraceletTM moniker. Turner has his work cut out for him, as he’s stacked at 1,680,000. As aSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSconsolationSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSpr ize, Turner at least can rejoice in the fact that he halted play for awhile after noticing some marked cards. Or not. Read about the incident here.

:: Event #10 ($1,500 NLH Six-Handed) – The starting field of 1,920 is down to 15. Jeffrey Papola is the chip leader, stacked atSUCKINGHOBBITDICKS1,088,000. It’s a mostly friends and family remaining field. First place is playing forSUCKINGHOBBITDICKS$544,388. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #11 ($10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8oB) – The starting field of 202 is down to 22 in this one. French CanadianSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSGuillaume Rivet (ring ring, ring ring) enters Day 3 as chip leader, stacked at 809,000. He’s followed by Italy’sSUCKINGHOBBITDICKSAlessio Isaia with 535,000. Some other notables remaining include Mike Sexton (321,000),SUCKINGHOBBITDICKSSteve Billirakis (232,000), Shaun Deeb (146,000), Freddy Deeb (127,000), and Josh Arieh (113,000). First banks $465,216.SUCKINGHOBBITDICKSGet full chip counts here.

:: Event #12 ($1,500 NLH Triple-Chance) - A total of 1,340 entered with 160 surviving the day. The field pays out 144 places, so they’re right at the money bubble. First earnsSUCKINGHOBBITDICKS$352,808. Peter Hernandez ended play as chip leader, stacked at 124,700. He’s followed bySUCKINGHOBBITDICKSJonathan Karamalikis with 122,700. Right behind them is the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran with 117,000. We haven’t written much about the spectacularly-breasted one the past year, mostly because his absolute pwnage of the no-limit tournament scene stopped. After cashing at an insane rate from 2006-09 and rolling up over $7M in earnings), Tran went quiet in 2010, with two cashes for just over $10k. However, he’s already got a $22k score under his belt for this year’s WSOP, and seems to be refocused/running well, which is great news for people who like looking at pictures of girls with big boobs. Get full chip counts here.

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