Update: US Attorney Files an Amendment to Black Friday Civil Complaint

The complaint includes FTP's Lederer, Bitar, Ferguson and Furst An announcement came this week that the Assistant US Attorney Michael D. Lockard has filed an amendment to the United States Southern District of New York's civil complaint against online poker companies PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, to itemize distribution payments to Full Tilt owners in the amount of $443 860 529.89, and to include Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst's names. Reportedly, the amendment establishes that as at March 31, 2011 Full Tilt Poker owed its customers $390 695 788, but that its bank accounts only held $59 579 413. In U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's opinion, “Full Tilt was not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme. Full Tilt insiders lined their own pockets with funds picked from the pockets of their most loyal customers while blithely lying to both players and the public alike about the safety and security of the money deposited.”