According to the indictment, some of the laundered money was used "for the
purchase of items such as jewelry and golf balls..."
Golf balls?
So they followed this guy into a Walmart, with his pocketful of laundered
money. First stop, the jewelry section, were he plops down a couple grand
for a diamond ring and earrings and a bracelet for his wife. Next stop,
sporting goods, because he has an 8 AM tee time the next morning, where he
springs for a dozen Titleist Pro V1s. Good thing he headed out without stopping
in the produce section, or the indictment might have said, "for the
purchase of items such as jewelry, golf balls, and eggplant!"
Honestly, if I were writing the indictment, I would probably not have
mentioned the golf balls. Unless the guy owns a driving range, and bought
10,000 cases!
Brian
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In a message dated 4/16/2011 7:29:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
mickeycrimm@yahoo.com writes:
No big poker names have been charged with anything. This has to do with
fraud and money laundering, not whether online poker is legal. Remember,
UIGEA made it illegal for banks to process money transactions with offshore
gambling sites.
According to the article in the link, a banker in St. George, Utah was
bought off to process money transactions. Last night I had no problem
accessing my account on Poker Stars, or getting into a game if I wanted too. But
it appears, at least on Poker Stars, that American online players are scared
to death. I went thru the lineups of about 40 games and counted only 5
Americans playing. Business in definitely down on Poker Stars.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20110415/tc_zd/263238
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