From Tao of poker blog
11:35pm... According to my source in San Jose, "Stars got raided because UB and AP fucked it up and are not paying their employees. So (federales) are afraid Stars will do the same thing."
11:42pm... Another trusted source with a decade of online gaming experience reminded me that Stars has all of their main offices on the Isle of Man and Costa Rica only houses their support team. The story on the street is that the OIJ was concerned that Stars was going to terminate (without pay) the support staff. According to local news reports, they are reporting a raid on UB offices, but haven't mentioned PokerStars.
11:49pm... From my man on the street in San Jose: "UB is driving all the attention (in local press) because the legal representative here was the mayoral candidate for Escazu.
11:52pm... From another source in Costa Rica: "The OIJ is looking for UB owners Scott and Brent and this guy Olman Rimola. They raided Rimola's house with no luck. They went to Scott's house, but he wasn't there. Reporters suggested he left the country a while ago.
11:57pm... From my original source: "They (OIJ) don't want anyone from Poker Stars. This is actually good for PokerStars because they are not in trouble here, like with you gringos in America. This is like damage control for them."
12:05pm... From my man on the street in San Jose: "The police raided Rimola's mother's house too, without any luck."
12:09pm... From @KevMath on twitter... here's video of the raid. FYI...that news report is the source of the photo in this post.
12:14pm... From an industry insider in Costa Rica: "I know Paul Leggett... he is a douche. Rimola is fighting for the UB employees so he doesn't get any bad press and don't want any trouble with the (Costa Rican) government."
12:17pm... A quote from a different source at a sportsbook in Costa Rica: "The UB employees went to the "Ministry of Work" because they were afraid of not getting paid by (Paul Leggett)." So, I'm assuming that the OIJ raid is a result of that complaint.
11:35pm... According to my source in San Jose, "Stars got raided because UB and AP fucked it up and are not paying their employees. So (federales) are afraid Stars will do the same thing."
11:42pm... Another trusted source with a decade of online gaming experience reminded me that Stars has all of their main offices on the Isle of Man and Costa Rica only houses their support team. The story on the street is that the OIJ was concerned that Stars was going to terminate (without pay) the support staff. According to local news reports, they are reporting a raid on UB offices, but haven't mentioned PokerStars.
11:49pm... From my man on the street in San Jose: "UB is driving all the attention (in local press) because the legal representative here was the mayoral candidate for Escazu.
11:52pm... From another source in Costa Rica: "The OIJ is looking for UB owners Scott and Brent and this guy Olman Rimola. They raided Rimola's house with no luck. They went to Scott's house, but he wasn't there. Reporters suggested he left the country a while ago.
11:57pm... From my original source: "They (OIJ) don't want anyone from Poker Stars. This is actually good for PokerStars because they are not in trouble here, like with you gringos in America. This is like damage control for them."
12:05pm... From my man on the street in San Jose: "The police raided Rimola's mother's house too, without any luck."
12:09pm... From @KevMath on twitter... here's video of the raid. FYI...that news report is the source of the photo in this post.
12:14pm... From an industry insider in Costa Rica: "I know Paul Leggett... he is a douche. Rimola is fighting for the UB employees so he doesn't get any bad press and don't want any trouble with the (Costa Rican) government."
12:17pm... A quote from a different source at a sportsbook in Costa Rica: "The UB employees went to the "Ministry of Work" because they were afraid of not getting paid by (Paul Leggett)." So, I'm assuming that the OIJ raid is a result of that complaint.
Insider and former CR agent is on quadjacks podcast right now. He says they got warrants by saying they wanted to solve the payroll issues , but the real people behind it were the FBI and Interpol and they took the main computers , seized records AND had access to the main servers of the sites. He says Scott Tom and his side kick Brent are still in CR and thats who Interpol wants, he said the FBI just wanted the records. They also took family members and GF's in for questioning ..
Rumor from another site says Tom is trying to leave with $16 million cash.......
Rumor from another site says Tom is trying to leave with $16 million cash.......
