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Online Casino Payments to US Residents Seized
WASHINGTON, D.C. --
The US Department of Justice seized six more bank accounts containing money belonging to US citizens who had won at online casinos. The US Attorney in Maryland ordered the forfeiture of six Wachovia accounts operated by Forshay Enterprises, an online gambling payment processor, bringing the total number of forfeitures to fifteen.
A number of law enforcement agencies are involved, including US Attorneys in both Maryland and New York, Customs and Immigration, Louisiana State Police, and the IRS.
Customs agents were listed on the Forshay warrants as lead complainants.
The US government, in its fight to prevent online gambling by residents even though there is no federal law against such, has adopted a policy of grabbing the money being sent to pay off winners at the Internet casinos. So, officials cite the need to protect citizens from the unsavory and potentially fraudulent online casino industry, and prove themselves correct by preventing the casinos from honoring their payment obligations.
Despite polls showing the US population overwhelmingly behind regulating online casinos, and criticism from trade partners for the US denial of free trade in services, the DoJ aggressively continues to investigate foreign Internet gambling operations while ignoring domestic violators of the same imaginary policy.
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