AGCC Advises FTP Players to Seek Help from Police
Full Tilt Poker has been the subject of several issues, beginning with its site getting seized by federal authorities on Black Friday to its latest potential partnership with Groupe Bernard Tapie.
However, despite all the supposed progress in the direction of FTP getting a new investment from Groupe Bernard Tapie, US and UK players at Full Tilt Poker have still not been paid.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission or the AGCC, a reputed gambling licensing authority, that had earlier been responsible for licensing Full Tilt Poker, appears to have washed its hands of the poker site. According to recent news reports, the AGCC has started advising players associated with Full Tilt Poker that feel that they have been made victims by the site, to take the matter to the police. The AGCC is no longer licensing Full Tilt Poker.
Thousands of players have money stuck in their Full Tilt Poker accounts that they cannot access or withdraw. The AGCC published a statement requesting those Full Tilt Poker players “to report the matter” if they believe themselves to be victims.
However, the AGCC appears to have refrained from discussing anything regarding the new agreement between the FTP site and Groupe Bernard Tapie and the US Department of Justice (DoJ). As per earlier news reports, Groupe Bernard Tapie had agreed to buy the FTP site and its assets from the US Department of Justice for a sum of $80 million.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission claimed that “a number of civil actions have been initiated by players against Full Tilt Poker, some as class actions presenting multiple players by UK, US, and Canadian lawyers.”
The AGCC also made it clear that they would still be accepting complaints from players. “At the request of the police, AGCC will continue to log incoming player complaints: these records will be made available to the police.” It remains to be seen whether this statement will cause the numbers of complaints that the AGCC is receiving from FTP players will increase or decrease.
The Full Tilt Poker site was seized on charges of money laundering by the US federal government and the top executives in the company face accusations of bank fraud.
As of now, not the AGCC, Full Tilt Poker or Groupe Bernard Tapie has made any specific announcements as to when and how the existing FTP players will get their funds back.
However, Groupe Bernard Tapie have assured players that they would be taking care of their pending accounts as long as they were able to supply documents proving identity and that they were on top of their IRS payments. It remains to be seen, where this well put loop hole will leave the FTP players and how many of them will be able to get victim status after this. After all, it is quite likely that a few online poker players on the Full Tilt Poker site who have funds stuck their accounts may still be in the gray areas where their tax records concerning their poker funds are concerned.
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