Former poker magazine bookkeeper charged for fraud

September 1, 2018

Anna McCann, a former bookkeeper for the poker publications company Card Player, has been charged before a Las Vegas Clark County court with 24 felony offences regarding her criminal activities at the company. McCann stands accused of defrauding magazine owners Barry and Allyn Shulman of $1.4 million over a five-year period ending August 2016, during […]

Checking the cheaters at Pokerstars

November 27, 2014

The latest in a series of informative vids on how Pokerstars goes about its business is now available and focuses on the sophisticated anti-fraud and anti-collusion measures deployed at the company’s headquarters on the Isle of Man. A significant proportion of the online poker operator’s staff is employed on this important aspect, led by Steve […]

Alleged online poker fraudster changes plea

October 24, 2014

The trial in Sheffield, England of alleged online poker fraudster Darren Woods took a dramatic turn this week when the poker pro changed his plea to guilty on certain of the charges facing him (see previous  reports). His father Morteza Gharoon also folded his cards, agreeing a guilty plea on a single money laundering charge […]

UK poker ace facing fraud and collusion charges

October 15, 2014

Darren Woods, a 29-year-old experienced British online and tournament poker player, is currently facing fraud and collusion charges in Sheffield Crown Court relating to his online poker activities, reports the Grimsby Telegraph. Woods can claim some impressive poker achievements in the past, including a 2011 WSOP Las Vegas win of $213,000, but stands accused of […]

Borgata fraud gives new meaning to the term “chip dumping”

January 25, 2014

The discovery of faux chips at the Borgata Winter poker festival live tourney in Atlantic City last week caused the cancellation of an event on the schedule, and this week led to the arrest of 42-year-old poker pro Christian Lusardi after some unusual evidence pointed his way. That evidence came in the form of a […]