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Originally Posted by invictus-1
1) do you also think that someone should go to jail for jaywalking if they are thought to have committed other more serious crimes? it's ridiculous to think it's alright for someone to go to jail for something that shouldn't even be illegal just because you think they are involved in organized crime.
2) how exactly are they going to launder money from russia by participating in an underground live poker game in the united states? describe at least one plausible scenario.
Remember when FT was shut down and they had no money to pay anyone? A big part of that was because they were unregulated. What does unregulated mean for these guys? It means that when you play on credit and don't pay Oleg shows up at your door with a crowbar. Booking sports bets is a pretty serious crime, as well. It's not like there is anyone who thinks it's not a big deal - the FBI has been going after certain offshore bookmakers hard in the last few years. If these guys had been running a underground casino I'm sure there would be a lot less sympathy here for them - but the odds in the poker game are worse, for some. This is basically the textbook definition of organized crime. Besides, the sports betting is the real thing here.
Most of the poker players were probably arrested to scare them and get them to testify against the big guys. If they have proof of Boosted J acting as an intermediary booking sports bets, he's probably going to have to put up some serious information or face some stiff penalties. I don't envy any of these guys - but they were making a ton of money while it was good. Let's just say the guys at the top aren't getting a federal indictment for raking $200/hr on a little underground game.
Last edited by tongni; 04-17-2013 at 04:15 AM.