NETeller Case Continued

The United States government has requested a continuance in their case against NETeller and it has been awarded. Their hearing has now been postponed to April 16th of this year as announced by the Information Office of the United State Attorney in New York.

NETeller made news this previous January when the founders of the company were arrested by the FBI for conspiring to transfer funds with the intent to promote illegal gambling, money laundering and tax evasion. The men, Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre, were charged even though they have not worked for the company since October of last year.

The continuance was not opposed by the two men, both of whom have posted $5 million bail bonds following their arrests in NYC, where they both remain under court order. Many feel the men are being charged unfairly as when the US started their true crackdown on the online slot machine and gambling industry, the men had resigned from the board of directors of the company. Others say they simply wanted to avoid the legal ramifications of what they had already done.

Either way, NETeller customers are still left wondering what will happen with their money as they were hoping that the case would come to some sort of close soon and they would get their money. US customers’ funds are still tied up with the case and have been for over two months.


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