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From June 2nd at http://www.PlusEVPoker.com

At first I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this article: http://odenton.patch.com/articles/county-police-net-470000-in-online-gambling-seizure#photo-6373325. It shows a picture of a "dope on the table" (<3 The Wire) style press conference with fancy police toys and an extra big check for 470k and even canned police quotes

“This type of activity exists in this county just like it does in other jurisdictions,” Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold said. “Wherever we find it, we’re going to root it out.”

I was pretty baffled how they are receiving this check so soon given the seizures just recently happened and there have been no lawsuits (to my current knowledge) filed to get these bank accounts unlocked. Also, as you guys know, I'm pretty convinced that at least SOME of the accounts have player funds in them. I decided to call the author, Tim Lemke at the Odenton Patch. Tim was very nice and helpful on the phone and clarified that it was his understanding that the money was not from the seized bank accounts, instead it was from profits from Linwood, the fake payment processor that the Feds set up to sting guys like UseMyWallet/quick tender. This makes sense as well because the date on the check is May 13th, which I also found interesting.

I explained to him a bit about my theories about why I think the Maryland HSI has mistakenly locked up player funds.

I'm still waiting to hear back from special agent Ward and I'm currently working on a solution to organize everyone's info about who has money locked up in each site so we can get a more united front.

I've also been approached by some sources who may be able to help me with this investigation so I'm pleased at the future prospects of this investigation.

UPDATE: 3:45 PM

New information has surfaced about this. See this

that says:

Asked about how the money was dispensed so quickly — the indictments were unsealed last week — Winter said, "The money that was shared back today is from seizures that happened more than a year ago."

I've come to understand that it is actually from the past 5 years. That means these funds are very likely to be player funds, just not necessarily funds that are locked away from players. It is definitely NOT profits from the Linwood payment processor as described to me above by the other article's author...and to be clear, it's also NOT money from this current round of bank account seizures. This solves the mystery about the date on the check as well... May 13th.