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Old 01-16-2007, 05:34 PM
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Default Re: Neteller Founders arrested

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Here’s the complete release from the U.S. Attorney’s office::

“Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark J. Mershon, the Assistant Director in charge of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that Stephen Eric Lawrence and John David Lefebvre were arrested yesterday in connection with the creation and operation of an Internet payment services company that facilitated the transfer of billions of dollars of illegal gambling proceeds from United States citizens to the owners of various Internet gambling companies located overseas.”

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This is bad. The DOJ is going for a home run. This may be the proverbial straw that broke the ... well, you know.

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You mean to tell me you didn't expect this sooner or later? It was given it would happen eventually, its pure wire act prosecution - they don't even need to rely on the new law. The DOJ's position for a long time was that Neteller's business is akin to money laundering. Of course I'm not happy about it it either, but I'm surprised so many people seem to have their heads buried in the sand - I didn't expect you to be one of them Nate, your far to astute to not consider that this would eventually happen.

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