If it is that Justin Smith or not, this may help figure it out if it matches (from the indictment itself):

Name: JUSTIN SMITH
AKA: (Blank-none listed for him)
Age: 25
Residence: Los Angeles, CA



Charges:

18 USC 1955
(Operating an Illegal
Gambling Business);
31 USC 5363 and
5366 (Unlawful
Internet Gambling)


Maximum Penalty:

10 years in prison, six
years of supervised
release; $500,000 fine or
twice the amount gained
from the crimes or twice
the amount lost by
victims; $200 special
assessment

Not good news for Mr.Smith. Just shocking how serious these charges are and players with such high profile names being involved. Pretty messed up if they were just playing poker.

its pretty clear from the indictment they were taking sports bets.

31 USC 5363 and
5366 (Unlawful
Internet Gambling)

What is that?

Edit:

"
No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling—
(1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card);
(2) an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person;
(3) any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any financial institution; or
(4) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person."

The UIGEA ..... which raises an opportunity to litigate whether poker is covered, a case which the PA's litigation team has long sought.

However, the expected response from the PPA LSN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA

This was one of the first things I thought also, but i'm not sure if Jerome in cell block D will follow that trend.

Boosted J plays in a lot of big games, so he very well may have just been playing poker, but who knows. The charges look pretty rough.

im going to do some pretty rampant speculation based upon the little that i know, but this is what i think is most likely:

boosted plays in high stakes games in hollywood. people talk about placing bets on w/e sporting event. boosted says, hey i got a guy that can handle as much action as you want. random rich person says okay book it for me. boosted then emails or texts the action to his guy, prob ilya or one of his suboridnates. or they have a website that he can book it through. boosted then gets 10% of the players losses as payment for referral.

indictment says forfeiture of any assets or value of such gained from [illegal] activity.

he's f*****.

Hope it's not boosted for his sake - he would not enjoy the joint

I think we have confirmed its him but who honestly would ever enjoy the joint? lol

There was huge sports actions in these places in Hollywood and the west side. Some betting agents even ran and still run games. Betmacho/machobet had its own game at the Roosevelt hotel and another small hotel I won't name cause it would effectively out the agent. The home set ups which were just apartments modified for 2-4 poker tables, bar, etc etc had TVs all over the place and sports bets flying everywhere . It would not shock me at all if your hypothesis is spot on regarding boosted J. I hope he doesn't get slammed to hard with this indictment, it sounds like scary scary stuff

Maybe we shouldnt jump to conclusions that he is f*****. Maybe all these charges are wrong and he is just being attacked viciously and his good name is being tarnished without any proof whatsoever.
You know, like what happened to Adam junglen.

BURNED

What happened to Adam Junglen ?

got 'em

The daily news article mentioned that the "owner" of the Bronx plumbing company was threatened after not being able to pay $2,000,000 in gambling debts from 2010.

How much you want to bet that this guy ran right to the feds after he was threatened???

Probably started the whole investigation imo

It looks like it's him I guess from the LA residence but this other website's article questions whether or not it's Boosted J. http://www.legalpokersites.com/blog/...ing-bust/3793/

its pretty much confirmed its justin smith, especially after they named WPT champion

yeah, hopefully. I like Justin. But I seriously doubt there'd be federal charges against him without a case.
As for Adam, I apologized profusely and personally to him for what happened. He accepted my apology, like a gentleman.

I find it funny how a few days ago Justin smith tweeted kevin hart calling his resisting arrest a bs charge. Few days later he's indicted In a massive illegal sports eating scheme with ties to Russian mafia. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who would have ties to Russian mob but then again I always wondered to where he got all his $$$ from. Should be interesting to see how this plays out.
Another black eye for poker

I know you did, I was just peeved with the "he is f***** " comment because he is not convicted of anything and anyone who cares about him certainly hopes he isn't f*****.

Lets be honest we all thought the FT bosses were f***** and we were wrong on that one .

you can tie a lot of things to a lot people doesn't make it so. I mean the job of the fbi is to make as many cases vs people . even if they know they have nothing to do with any crime they often lump them in . hoping to turn them into rats , im sure the streets are a lot safer, getting Justin and abe off the streets. what a f----ing joke .

The fish needed some protection ya dig?

Is Alexander Katchaloff Eugene Katchalov's dad?

bill edler is named in the bluff article. but do not see him on that 34 name list above.

which is it?