Originally Posted by
RogueScholar
I'm sorry if you feel judged unfairly, TSop. You may very well be completely innocent of involvement with Sammy's current scam, but you have to see that Sammy left people with few other conclusions to draw. He mentioned being backed by guys in NYC, he's using a site that mimics the layout of one of your old PPHs and you utilized him extensively in your earlier operations. While you were banned you chose to use Sammy as your "voice" for awhile, so you're the one who really initiated all thoughts of you two being, forgive the metaphor, "thick as thieves."
So while I feel for your plight if you are innocent this time, you brought it all on yourself. You used Bobbyfk as a lieutenant and in a solicitation phone call (yes, they really were asking for phone numbers in SBR Chat to call people to get them to use your book) to posters he openly talked about your aspirations to operate an offshore book and how he was going to move down there with you to be your customer service manager. You used Sammy to distribute payments to winning players (yes, you had losers directly wiring funds to winners using their real name) and even tried to collect on debts owed to Sammy to satisfy your own need for liquid assets. Basically you ran one of the most transparent and inneffective sportsbooks known to man, and when one of your associates attempts to duplicate the scam, you have to expect to be drawn into the conversation.
I do agree that taking credit players from the SBR demographic is sheer lunacy, but since you were naive enough to do it once, don't blame us for thinking you'd be willing to try it again. We're just following the trail of breadcrumbs here.