Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 11/27/2022 - Pay That Mandi Her Money

12/01/22 • 288 min

This is Part 2 of the show which aired on 11/26-11/27/22. Topic begins at (0:04:30) mark: Minnesota poker player "Mandi Minx" wins $241k jackpot on Ignition, gets account unfairly frozen for weeks with no answers, but Druff comes in to assist. Interview with Mandi.... (1:41:46): Joey Ingram and Norman Chad in ugly dispute, Joey threatened on his stream to punch Norman in the ribs.... (2:18:22): Sam Bankman-Fried sends out a bunch of controversial tweets.... (2:38:52): NBC News contacts UB cheating figures Russ Hamilton, Travis Makar, and Daniel Friedberg regarding Friedberg's FTX involvement.... (3:00:42): Former poker cheater Haseeb Qureshi did Effective Altruism speeches with SBF and Caroline Ellison.... (3:06:11): Alvea, where Cate Hall is COO, was somewhat backed by SBF, but they've scrubbed it from their website.... (3:14:39): SBF bought tiny Farmington Bank in Washington, in what has parallels to Full Tilt's SunFirst Bank in 2009-10.... (3:34:00): Genesis Global Capital and Gemini struggling after FTX debacle, both somewhat in danger.... (3:48:07): Tom Brady subject of criticism over 2021 FTX commercial.... (3:54:06): Mainstream media has been doing puff pieces on SBF and Caroline -- but why?.... (4:02:54): Liquidator of FTX says he has never seen such an absence of corporate controls in his entire career.... (4:07:28): Adele finally performs at Caesars Palace, after tons of controversy over previous failed residency.... (4:23:28): Hellmuth-promoted Bitcoin Latinum sued in California -- is Hellmuth himself next?

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Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 11/26/2022 - Don't Play, Lose $10k Anyway

This is part 1 of the long show which aired on 11/26-11/27/22. Part 2 will follow a few days after. This portion only covers the BetMGM/Viejas/Global Payments Bank Theft scandal which victimized Druff and several other poker pros for up to $10k each. Topic begins at (0:15:10) mark: Druff hit with $10k bank account theft through BetMGM, later discovers it's a major fraud scheme aimed at poker pros.... (0:32:52): Druff starts investigation, calls BetMGM, where he never had an account.... (0:48:59): Druff calls Global Payments, the payment processor he believed might be partially at fault for allowing this theft to take place.... (1:01:21): After learning exit strategy to get the money off BetMGM and into the fraudsters' hands, Druff contacts PayPal and Venmo.... (1:33:40): Are you vulnerable, too? Druff explains who could potentially see thefts from their bank accounts via this scheme.... (1:40:46): Poker media and mainstream media take notice of the scandal, featuring Druff front-and-center in the stories.... (1:50:07): Reeling from bad publicity, Global Payments frantically calls Druff on a Saturday morning to make sure he got his money back.... (2:08:00): Has Borgata and BetMGM dropped Global Payments for the time being, due to this incident?.... (2:23:32): Draftkings has its own money theft scandal which may be related to this one.... (2:50:48): Where do we stand right now?.... Part 2, which will be over 5 hours, will be released a few days after this one.

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Poker Fraud Alert Radio - 12/11/2022 - Rigging Nemo

Topic begins at (0:26:12) mark: Female chess YouTuber Qiyu "Nemo" Zhou holds contest to give away $12k WPT Wynn seat, and then rigs it for her boyfriend Alex "Thallo" Epstein.... (2:09:37): Shaun Deeb, Ryan Laplante battle on Twitter over yet another markup debate.... (2:46:13): Several victims of the BetMGM bank theft scheme are now getting obnoxious collections letters.... (3:16:45): Former UB cheating coverup lawyer Daniel Friedberg added to class action suit against FTX.... (3:51:01): Caroline Ellison isn't hiding in Hong Kong -- she's venturing out in the open in New York City.... (4:05:07): Why is SBF doing so many media appearances, and what will it mean for his future?.... (4:15:35): New controversy on Hustler Casino Live, as Yuuki "Sashimi" Kaida appears to expose bare breasts on stream.... (4:43:39): Andy Frankenberger complains on Twitter that a simple breakfast cost him $100 through Wynn room service.... (4:54:07): Former Hustler Casino Live employee Bryan Sagbigsal now has a warrant out for his arrest, regarding chip theft.... (5:02:00): Former Dodgers player Yasiel Puig now charged by feds for lying about a bookie he was betting with.... (5:38:53): Horseshoe Las Vegas -- the former Bally's -- will not offer 100x odds on craps like other Horseshoe casinos.... (6:38:18): New CDC COVID graphing tool proves that the virus is killing fewer people than it ever has.... tradershky and khalwat co-host.