U.S. NETeller arrests deal blow to Net gambling

[Jimbo S]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070118/wr_nm/neteller_impact_dc_3

U.S. prosecutors have delivered a severe blow to online gambling companies that are flouting a U.S. ban on Internet gambling by arresting two founders of payment processor NETeller.

NETeller's two founders, Canadians Stephen Lawrence, 46, and John Lefebvre, 55, have been charged with handling billions of dollars in illegal gambling proceeds. Both face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Online gaming companies have been doing business for many years in the United States, where the law was discouraging but ambiguous until a full ban in November.

Another thing we can thank the last session of Congress. It's little stuff like this that should be convincing that the threat to American freedoms come from Republicans and not from Arabs.