Ray Bitar överlämnar sig till amerikanska myndigheter

Igår blev det officiellt att Ray Bitar överlämnar sig själv till amerikanska myndigheter för att stå till svars för de misstankar som riktas mot honom i samband med Full Tilt-härvan. Som VD för företaget Pocket Kings, moderbolag i Full Tilt-koncernen, var Bitar en av de mest centrala personerna i den härva som nystades upp i efterdyningarna av Black Friday.

Bitar är anklagad för brott mot spellagen UIGEA samt pengatvätt. En annan av de elva huvudmisstänkta i affären, John Campos, dömdes härom veckan till fängelse.

Bitar har nu rest till USA för att överlämna sig själv till FBI i New York. I samband med detta har han skickat ut ett mail till de anställda på Full Tilt i Dublin.

Mailet i sin helhet:

"To all Dublin Staff,

By now you probably have heard that I have returned to the US to deal with civil and criminal case that are pending against me in New York. We have all worked hard over the last 15 months to preserve Full Tilt’s assets and potential in order to provide for the repayment of all players, and that continues to be our top priority. It is as important as ever that we all do everything possible to make that happen and, hopefully our deal with Poker Stars will very soon make our goal a reality. My return to the US is part of this process.

I am particularly grateful to all of you here in Dublin for your hard work, patience and understanding during this difficult time. I believe that your hard work and dedication should not go unrecognized, and we have made arrangements for Poker Stars to guarantee all July salaries. You should therefore have no concern about coming to work during this period. After that, we expect that your employment contracts will be assumed by the buyer of the company’s assets.

For those that need to reach me, I expect to continue to be available by email and phone starting late Monday, New York time.

In the meantime, please refer any operational questions to REDACTED, and any HR questions to REDACTED.

Thank you all again.

Kind regards,

Raymond J Bitar"

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