CRAIN'S NY: U.S. Attorney and FBI shut down popular Internet poker sites. →

“The companies arranged for the money taken in from U.S.-based gamblers to be disguised as payments to hundreds of non-existent online merchants claiming to sell items like jewelry and golf balls…”

The article describes how “dummy corporations and websites” were part of the scheme.  It also cites an executive of Wynn Resorts who calls for regulation of Internet gaming.

Unfortunately, the heavily politicized issues of Internet gaming, pornography and malware could eventually spill over to affect the rights of legitimate website operators.

(Source: inothernews)

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