Where is the PPA when you need them?

Now first off, let me say that the Poker Players Alliance has made some remarkable efforts on behalf of poker players in the US, but it seemed that they were on a break this past weekend. Hopefully they were forming a new game plan in the fight for freedom to play online poker.

It seems that some time last week the US Attorneys office in New York put a stop to the eCheck Instant processing as checks were bouncing from major online poker websites. Once those checks didn’t provide funds the matter became a federal issue.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York represents the United States and its agencies in civil and criminal litigation before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York . The Office files well over 1000 criminal cases each year, and is one of the busiest prosecutor's offices in the federal system.
The US Attorney's office out of New York has been especially aggressive in going after online gambling entities since 1998.
This office has also gone after payment processors for online gambling in the past including Neteller, once the most popular payment platform for Internet gambling sites. In addition they recently settled a dispute with PartyGaming.

Hopefully the PPA will issue a statement today or sometime this week as to the course of action they feel is needed to protect poker players.

News Added: 08 June, 2009

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