Hanaway Letter Asserts Processing of Online Poker Payments No Violation of UIGEA
Quadjacks.com has confirmed that the Twitter account @BlackFridayChad is indeed Chad Elie, one of nearly a dozen defendants in a massive online poker sting operation back in April 2011 later coined “Black Friday”.
On Twitter, Elie has been leaking never-before-seen documents related to “Black Friday”.
Elie, who is due to serve a five month stint in prison shortly, refers to himself as a “Poker Player, Poker Activist, Black Friday Defendant, about to serve prison time for processing poker.” He set up the Twitter account on November 2.
To date (November 4), @BlackFridayChad has tweeted what appear to be 4 documents pertaining to pre-Black Friday legal opinions concerning the transfer of online poker funds in the United States. Each one is detailed underneath, with links to the fully viewable document. @BlackFridayChadaccompanies most of them with personal commentary.
One of the letters posted by Elie is from one Catherine Hanaway. She was the US Attorney from the state of Missouri who oversaw the BetOnSports prosecutions including the charges brought against British-born CEO David Carruthers. Hathaway now writes opinions against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), prohibition she once supported.
The Hanaway letter seems to support the notion that processing transactions related to online poker does not violate the Wire Act or the UIGEA. This is a document a bank would need to protect themselves against liability in case the transactions turned out to be problematic.
- Chris Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
