Derek Gallo

The U.S. government has showed its arrogance again. The FBI Has Arrested Former NETELLER Executives. This is purely an intimidation move in my eyes with no real justification. These two guys don’t even run the company anymore; they founded it. They were snagged on flight layovers in the U.S. and charged with money laundering? I say this has no justification for the following reasons:

1. NETELLER is not a “Gambling” company. If people choose to use it to transfer funds in that way it should be the users responsibility (yes I have been one of those users)
2. These guys are merely shareholders now. They both have stepped down as directors of the company. Are we going to start holding all shareholders liable for every public company?
3. The company is not even a U.S. company. We cannot govern them.

Yes I know the U.S. passed a recent law prohibiting financial institutions from transferring money to/from online gambling sites. I think the government is stretching the limits of this law however. They got what they were most likely looking for however. NETELLER has since forbid U.S. customers from using their service to transfer funds to and from gambling sites. Looks like I will have to find another way to play poker online.