September 1, 2018
Anna McCann, a former bookkeeper for the poker publications company Card Player, has been charged before a Las Vegas Clark County court with 24 felony offences regarding her criminal activities at the company. McCann stands accused of defrauding magazine owners Barry and Allyn Shulman of $1.4 million over a five-year period ending August 2016, during […]
November 27, 2014
The latest in a series of informative vids on how Pokerstars goes about its business is now available and focuses on the sophisticated anti-fraud and anti-collusion measures deployed at the company’s headquarters on the Isle of Man. A significant proportion of the online poker operator’s staff is employed on this important aspect, led by Steve […]
October 24, 2014
The trial in Sheffield, England of alleged online poker fraudster Darren Woods took a dramatic turn this week when the poker pro changed his plea to guilty on certain of the charges facing him (see previous reports). His father Morteza Gharoon also folded his cards, agreeing a guilty plea on a single money laundering charge […]
October 15, 2014
Darren Woods, a 29-year-old experienced British online and tournament poker player, is currently facing fraud and collusion charges in Sheffield Crown Court relating to his online poker activities, reports the Grimsby Telegraph. Woods can claim some impressive poker achievements in the past, including a 2011 WSOP Las Vegas win of $213,000, but stands accused of […]
January 25, 2014
The discovery of faux chips at the Borgata Winter poker festival live tourney in Atlantic City last week caused the cancellation of an event on the schedule, and this week led to the arrest of 42-year-old poker pro Christian Lusardi after some unusual evidence pointed his way. That evidence came in the form of a […]