United States Government May Be Building Case Against Bodog

According to a recent report on Forbes.com, the United States government is currently building a case against leading internet gaming company Bodog.

The report stated,

A federal judge has ordered the forfeiture of nearly $10 million of bank account money linked to Bodog, the once-dominant but illegal under U.S. law Internet gambling site, amid indications authorities are making headway in building a criminal case.

The accounts that are in question belong to the company of ZipPayments and its owner Edward Courdy. ZipPayments is a credit card payment processing company an a Catherine C. Blake, who is a United States district court judge, signed an order that would see the U.S. government claim the amount of $9.87 million out of $9.87 million, as the remaining amount of $200,000 would be returned to Courdy.

Forbes has recently suggested that Michael Garone, as well as Courdy, who both had money-laundering charges levied against them in September of last year, may be close of agreeing to a plea bargain, as the charges were only filed through court papers and not from an indictment from a grand jury. The U.S. government is also returning some of the money that was forfeited.

Also, Forbes has stated that the order from judge Blake gives instructions for when the $200,000 has to be returned and Garone and Courdy have not been asked to either post bail or make a court appearance.