Several poker players arrested for fraud

A story that seems drawn from a bad web-series about poker, but which is nevertheless very real: 34 poker players are involved in a case of fraud! People are accused of racketeering, extortion, money laundering and illegal private parties in the United States.

Among the persons charged, many Russian, Ukrainian and American players including Justin ' Boosted I Smith, Vadim Trincher and former pro Full Tilt Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman.

Here is the complete list of the 34 people accused of having links with the Russian mafia:

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Vadim Trincher

Anatoly Golubchik

Michael Sadler

Stan Greenberg

Illya Trincher

Hillell Nahmad

John Hanson

Noah Siegel

Jonathan Hirsch

Arthur Azen

Donald McCalmont

Dmitry Druzhinsky

Alexander Zaverukha

Alexander Katchaloff

Anatoly Shteyngrob

Ilya Rozenfeld

Peter Skyllas

Ronald Uy

Nicholas Hirsh

Bryan Zuriff

Moshe Oratz

Kirill Rapoport

David Aaron

Justin Smith

Abraham Mosseri

William Edler

Peter Feldman

Eugene Trincher

Edwin Ting

Molly Bloom

William Barbalat

Yugeswar Rajkumar

Joseph Mancuso

It is therefore Tuesday 16 April that these arrests were made by the division of the FBI devoted to organized crime. Arrests have particularly carried out in several large U.S. cities including New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia.

According to NBC 4, "members of the organization used a sophisticated device of money laundering to transfer tens of millions of dollars of profits from the game of the former Soviet Union through Cyprus companies-screens for the benefit of several investments and corporations, to the U.S.A".

The original indictment explains that it is a: "a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in crimes including the Organization of illegal gambling, of money laundering and of extortion".

In closing, it should be noted that the persons named in this article are only accused. Now, they are innocent until proven otherwise is made.

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