FBI charges 11 internet poker kingpins

Australian internet whiz Daniel Tzvetkoff, who has become a prized FBI informant in a bid to avoid a 75 year jail sentence in the US, may have brought down the multi-billion dollar American online poker industry.

The FBI announced on Friday it had charged 11 people, including the founders of three of the largest internet poker companies in the US, with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offences.

The three poker sites – PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker – have been shut down — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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