[Specialwon]

OP: sounds like you got a bit more information and a timescale. If you haven't, you should have done and I'd agree with CS guy that a lawyer's letter before action may at least jog them into committing to those two things if they haven't already, although a lawyer would not be saying anything you couldn't say yourself. I'd be glad to help you draft a suitable letter if you'd like. I definitely think you should get a commitment to pay interest as I said before.

Josem, I'm not going to get into an argument with you off topic. But you clearly have no actual experience of dealing with money laundering regs, or with customs. I'll just say that obtaining a search warrant or worldwide Mareva from your local Court does NOT presuppose sharing any information with the subject of the order. As to the duties of bank employees (and any other professionals for that matter) in this sort of situation, you might want to google the offence of "tipping off" if you're interested, which is certainly extant across the EU, I can't speak for Australia.

I doubt these are very useful parallels to draw in any case.

But, I do think it would be very helpful if someone from Full Tilt would give a PR explanation as to what exactly their policy is in relation to handling customers who are suspected of fraud or any other gaming irregularity. Also, what their duties are in relation to the suspected proceeds of criminal activity, is the money placed on deposit during investigations, if not why not? If there is criminal activity, are the police notified? And so forth. I think it would be beneficial to FT and the community in general to have a bit more transparency about these matters.

I think it would help all of us to know that there is actually a policy and not just a series of random decisions depending on who happens to pick up the file.

FTP Sean, could you help with that? You've made some helpful general statements in the past, but could FT provide some sort of charter or statement of terms so that anyone who does get caught up in this process at least has a clear idea of where it will end and what will happen.