Last week, Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that eligible players who have been out of pocket for 6 years could file claims to get their money back after the government seized the assets of several online poker companies, including Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet.
Players who deposited at AP, but later weren’t able to get their money out may be entitled to retrieve their funds through the Garden City Group, retained by the feds to disburse the funds under civil forfeiture rules. The official website players need to visit to file claims is http://www.absolutepokerclaims.com
The DOJ alleged that Absolute and other defendants represented to clients that deposited funds would be “safe, secure, and available fo…