Neteller Prosecutors Given A Third Continuance
All parties involved agree to a further delay of one
month
Reporters covering the hearings in New York against
Neteller founders John Lefebvre and Stephen Lawrence today
(Friday) returned to their publications empty handed as the
Department of Justice team were granted a further extension
until April 16. Earlier, court officials had hinted that
this would be the case.
Department of Justice spokesperson Rebekah Carmichael
told reporters that the extension had not been opposed by
the two Canadian men, who have had to put up massive bail
following their arrests by the FBI in January and are
confined to the New York city limits until the case has been
finalised.
US players whose monies remain frozen in the Neteller
debacle will have to remain patient - the continuance means
that the current freeze on their funds is likely to
continue. PokerPages.com reports that The Neteller Customer
Coalition, based on Yahoo!, a consumer grouping affected by
the big freeze with roughly 250 members, has over $750 000
in limbo, with more than a dozen individuals owed amounts up
to $20 000 or more each.
Coalition founder Goldstein is quoted as saying:
"These are the kinds of figures that can keep a killer legal
team motivated. There's still thousands of other Neteller
customers who don't know about us." He claimed that
nevertheless new members were signing up at a rate of 30 –
40 new members daily.
Goldstein is reportedly angered by both the US
government’s stance and Neteller’s apparent passivity.
“Between Neteller and the Department of Justice
thousands of citizens who have done nothing wrong have
millions of dollars being confiscated without any real
explanation or means of resolution,” he said.
Posted: March 21, 2007 |
