Tuesday, January 23, 2007

TWO FORMER NETELLER executives who were just passing through the United
States on a flight transfer have been arrested by the FBI.
Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre, who are British and have not broken any
UK law, were arrested in connection with what the FBI claims was laundering
billions of dollars of Internet gambling proceeds. According to
Cardplayer.com, NETELLER allows people to transfer money directly from their
bank accounts to other parties. Online poker players and gamblers use the
service to transfer money in and out of their preferred sites. The US has
been getting its knickers in a twist about online gambling lately, but the
arrest of the pair is a little odd. NETELLER said that while Lawrence and
Lefebvre were still shareholders in the company they do not hold any
positions. They do not run any gambling sites either. The US government had
not bothered to contact the company about the arrest or warn it that it was
breaking any law either.