Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

In early June, I went over to Aviation Club de Paris to play cash games during the WPT event Grand Prix de Paris. I had difficulty obtaining cash, so I took a cashiers check from the bank for $100,000 made out to Aviation Club. I got there and they told me that they could cash it but would have to verify it. I barrowed some money for the first couple days but decided to have it cashed there and just wait for the money. This was probably around June 20th. Eventually I had to leave France, but the manager of the poker room said that they would just wire it back as soon as the check was verified and gave me his email address. Here is our correspondence:

On 7/29/06, brunofitoussi < brunofitoussi@---------> wrote:
hi Anthony,
I'm sorry to inform you that the check is still a pending transaction ! I
will transfer the money to your bank account as soon as our bank will credit
our account ! But to do so i need more accurate infos on your account:
- name and adress of your bank
- account holder name and number
- IBAN number and SWIFT code
best regards
bruno Fitoussi

----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Rivera
To: brunofitoussi
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: bank draft check

Bruno-
Here is my info:
-snip-
Thank you very much.
-Tony


On 7/11/06, brunofitoussi < brunofitoussi@----------> wrote:
hi Anthony,
still pending :-(
best regards
bruno


----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Rivera
To: brunofitoussi
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2006 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: bank draft check


Just wondering what the status of this is. It's been almost two weeks now and it is still pending. I am planning to leave to vegas soon so having the money would help a lot. Thank you very much for keeping me apprised.

-Tony


On 7/14/06, brunofitoussi <brunofitoussi@--------> wrote:
hi Anthony,
As i have told you when you ask us to cash this check it would be long ! But more than i expected there is an investigation about this check and our bank let us know that it would be even longer than usual ! There is no way that i can pay you before this mony is credited to our account !
sorry about that but there is nothing i can do to speed the process ! maybe YOU can contact your bank and ask them what's goin on here !
regards
bruno

__________________________________________________ _____
At this time I decided to call my bank. They contacted the recieving bank. They said the check in fact cleared on July 3rd.



Anthony Rivera to brunofitoussi
More options Jul 18

Talked to my bank. They said it cleared on July 3rd. The recieving bank is sending a copy over. The money should be in your account now.

Again, my details are
-snip-
Thank you very much.
-Tony


Anthony Rivera to brunofitoussi
More options Jul 22 (6 days ago)

Please let me know what's going on with this as soon as possible.. Haven't heard from you in four days since my last email. Thanks again.
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And I haven't heard from them since. I also emailed the aviation club poker room seperately a week ago, but there was no reply. I tried to call the Aviation club as well but was unsuccessful due to some sort of weird menu/message in French that I didn't understand. Can anyone offer some advice or assistance? Thanks.

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

[censored] french.

i would just keep emailing them

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

I re-raise and show
Molotov cocktail to the front door

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

have you contacted your bank? They must have a tracking number or something on status. I know when i go to canada and cash checks they need 3 weeks to verify that its a legit check before giving me the $.

good luck- and while on the topic of large sums of money, did you get your money back from that guy at tstone last year?

stealthcow-

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

I'd strongly suspect Fitoussi is at the WSOP now and likely not answering email from "home".

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

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I'd strongly suspect Fitoussi is at the WSOP now and likely not answering email from "home".

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According to the hendon mob site, fitoussi cashed in two events on 7/16 and 7/17. One email was sent on 7/14 and the next was on 7/18.

It's possible that tongni's check went through on the 14th when he flew to vegas to play in a couple events on tongni's dime and then flew back to Paris after making a quick score.

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

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good luck- and while on the topic of large sums of money, did you get your money back from that guy at tstone last year?

stealthcow-

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trip report?

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

You need to add some "!"'s to your replies.

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

I saw him playing at the Bellagio some cash game, so you might want to go there sometimes and have a look.

Re: Help! Aviation club is holding my money (long)
 

Huh. Recieved this email 2 hours after I posted.

hi Anthony,
I'm happy to let you know that we finally got your money !! We have received a total amount of 77 700 Euros (i know the banks has charge the clearance of your check !)
I have allready send your bank account details and you should have received the money by tuesday
hope you get lucky in the main event
best regards
bruno

How funny. I guess it was just WSOP time and he's traveling and it can add a lot of confusion. A happy ending for all.