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Full Tilt Poker CEO Pledges to Return Player Money, Delaware Is First to OK Online Casinos
Bitar, 40, was arrested on Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Bitar was charged last year with gambling, bank fraud and money laundering in connection with the operation of Full Tilt Poker.
Bitar is charged with promising players that their funds would be protected in "segregated" accounts when the company used the money to pay for Full Tilt operations and to pay Bitar and other owners over $430 million, according to Bharara. Full Tilt Poker was unable to pay the about $350 million it owed to players in the U.S. and around the world. ...... .....
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