From Forbes:

Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to seize five homes connected to individuals recently indicted in a sweeping crackdown on the online poker industry, including a Las Vegas mansion owned by former Playboy Playmate Destiny Davis, who was Playboy Magazine’s Miss January in 2005.

According to a supplemental forfeiture filed on Thursday in Manhattan’s federal court, the government is moving to seize a 7,200 square-foot estate in a Las Vegas gated community. The house was purchased by Davis last year for $1.5 million, according to Clark County Assessor records. Davis recently married Chad Elie the day after he was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit bank fraud by processing payments for online poker firms. Elie, 31, pleaded not guilty and was released on a $250,000 bond secured by $50,000 cash to be paid by Davis and two others.

The government also moved to grab four homes owned or connected to Ray Bitar, a founder of Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second biggest online poker firm, who was also indicted in April and accused of operating an illegal gambling business and conspiring to commit bank fraud. Bitar, a U.S. citizen who is believed to be in Ireland where his company is now based, has issued a statement saying he was “disappointed by the government’s decision to bring these charges” and that he looks forward to “my exoneration.”

The homes linked to Bitar, 39, are all located in Glendora, Calif., and include a 5,100 square-foot Tuscan estate that boasts unobstructed views to Los Angeles, mountains and private vineyards, that Bitar purchased in 2008 for $2.9 million, according to LexisNexis property records. One of the homes the government listed in its forfeiture action is owned and occupied by Nabiha Bitar, LexisNexis property records say. Nabiha Bitar was married to Ray Bitar’s late father, Jack Bitar.

The forfeiture of the homes is yet another escalation in the battle between federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the biggest online poker companies in the world. The two sides managed to put aside their differences long enough to hammer out an agreement that facilitated the return of funds to U.S. players. The government, which has already seized the web sites of the three top online poker companies and shut down their U.S. operations, also filed a civil lawsuit seeking $3 billion from them and won a restraining order against 76 bank accounts in 14 countries.

http://blogs.forbes.com/nathanvardi/...er-forfeiture/

ok so this is good

wow how cheap is real estate in Las Vegas

so, this is what tyranny looks like

That was a poor decision. Maybe the house was bought by his money in her name anyway. I hope they did not just take her house because she married him.

Ya pretty sure Bitar married his fathers widow too

Between this and the UB bankruptcy thing you are showing a pretty strong lack of common sense in reading through this type of BS. They clearly got married as some type of protection/tax/liability/whatever thing - that it happened the day after he got indicted and you didn't pick up on that is pretty funny.

full tit poker

yup. and unless they can prove it was planned and scheduled way way in advance, they're in serious ****. generally when you are under federal indictment, and especially a case concerning money and IRS, you are not permitted to make significant financial re-arrangements, and marriage/divorce counts as that.

the feds do not tolerate this kind of **** one bit. and if they can't prove a wedding plan, that was a pretty serious folly on their part. the feds will nail this to the cross all day long over and over, even if it takes another 5 years just to prosecute it when they're done with the sites. to think that they got married without some celebration with their wealth is pretty far fetched.

it is similar to bankruptcy courts, where people file for chapter 7, but before the proceedings, they dump a significant portion of their assets on to a specific creditor (whom they may have a special relationship with). the courts are beyond zero tolerance for this and will not hesitate for a second to seize every single dime, and then criminally prosecute you for malicious intent to defraud the court process. woops.

i guess the playmate bimbo shouldnt know any better, but theres no way this guys attorney said this is a good idea. morons

So is she homeless now? Who is going to take her in

So they seize this playmates house cause she married this online processing dude a day AFTER he was arrested for the crimes. How does that work? it's not his house

hey could the irs do this for taxes, say chad elie didn't pay his taxes or w/e could the irs seize the home that he may have paid for if it's in someone elses name?

I volunteer, she can stay rent free + full access to the fridge for as long as she wants.

+1

His dad died recently, not very funny.

Going after the relatives is absolutely standard in totalitarian regimes.

In before "Feds seize teh universe."

obv bought with his money

She can come and live with me...

She obviously needs someone to comfort and console her in her time of trouble.

*raises hand*

I'll take one for the team guys!

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of course they can

Kindred souls in 2+2. I was underestimating NVG.

My gripe w/the OP's article, though -- isn't a "Tuscan" estate in Tuscany, by its very definition? It's technically impossible for a Tuscan house to be in California. Also, a view of LA isn't really very interesting or impressive, the view is mainly that of brown/black smog.

sell the houses and pay me my money....

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