Payment Processing Center LLC / First Bank of Delaware / Account Services / Wells Fargo / Google / PokerStars / Consumer Protection Working Group / Allied Systems / Citibank / Yahoo! / /
unlawful internet gaming / travel clubs / Internet Gambling Enforcement Act / telecommunications lines / online gaming industry / bank account information / suspected fraudulent processors / tobacco products / nonexistent online merchants / card systems / credit repair services / Internet scams / online poker / directed law / media attention / online merchants / bank accounts / Internet gambling / federal law / money transfer networks / online paid poker industry / bank / online poker industry / wire transfer systems / free products / unlawful Internet gambling / online wagering / scrupulous processors / escort services / bank fraud / online gambling / Internet complaints / /
Organization
Comptroller of the Currency / U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York / Attorney’s Office / Department of Justice’s office of the Inspector General / World Trade Organization / DOJ’s Civil Division / Federal Trade Commission / Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council / Department of Justice / Congress / federal government / Better Business Bureau / Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau / /
Person
Iain Murray / David Vladeck / Eric Holder / Richard Cordray / Tony West / Robert F. Kennedy / Joel Sweet / Andre Birotte / /
Position
investigator / Attorney / President / Assistant Attorney General / head / senior executive / Director / Executive / Assistant U.S. Attorney / representative / Attorney General / /
ProvinceOrState
Arizona / /
Technology
suspected fraudulent processors / Operation Choke Point processors / third-party processors / less scrupulous processors / /
Operation Choke Point What It Is and Why It Matters By Iain Murray July 2014