Black Friday Bank Shut Down

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A bank implicated in the processing of funds for three of the world’s largest online poker rooms last April 15 has finally been shut down.

SunFirst Bank in Saint George, Utah, was closed down by US Feds at the close of last week.  It is the 87th bank of 2011 to fail. 

The US Justice Department alleges that Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and UB.com enticed officials of SunFirst to disguise online poker transactions as dog food and golf balls.  Executives of the three online poker companies were charged with money laundering and bank fraud as a result. 

The bank had suffered severe financial problems prior to working with the besieged poker firms, losing an estimated $2.7 million in the first half of this year.

- Chris Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher

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