Bitcoin Poker Site Operator to Plead Guilty on Gaming Charge
Bryan Micon, operator of now-defunct bitcoin poker site Seals with Clubs, has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of operating an unlicensed gaming website in Nevada. Micon traveled from his home in Antigua to Nevada earlier this week to face the gaming charge after a warrant was issued for his arrest in April by the Nevada Attorney General's Office. Defense attorney Richard Schonfeld told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Micon will serve an as-yet-unspecified probation term and pay a fine of $25,000. He will also forfeit assets seized when Nevada Gaming Commission agents raided his home....
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The former operator of a bitcoin poker site has plead guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed gambling site in the state of Nevada, reports say. Having avoided a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, Bryan Micon, who ran the now-defunct Seals with Clubs, will have to pay a $25,000 fine and serve a probation term, VegasInc reports. If he completes his probation, Micon will instead be able to plead guilty to one gross misdemeanour count of conspiracy for running an unlicensed gambling site. The duration of his probation is yet to be determined. Micoin will also have to give up....
Bryan Micon, 37, former operator of bitcoin online poker site "Seals with Cubs" has plead guilty to a criminal charge for operating an unlicensed gambling system and fined $25,000 as terms of his sentence. In a landmark case and ruling involving a case connecting bitcoin and online gambling, the Clark County District Court sentenced Nevada native and professional gambler Bryan Micon to two years' probation along with a fine of $25,000. Bryan Micon. Micon was facing up to ten years in a state prison and a $50,000 fine when he was charged initially. Under the terms, Micon also surrendered....
Bitcoin poker at Seals With Clubs. Bryan Micon agreed to plead guilty to operating an unlicensed interactive gaming system to avoid jail time, his lawyer told a Nevada judge Thursday. Should he complete the probation time and pay a $25,000 fine, that charge would be reduced to a gross misdemeanor, according to his attorney Richard Schonfeld, reported The Las Vegas Review Journal. Micon operated a site calledSeals with Clubs which accepted bitcoin. Micon to Surrender His Bitcoin, Computers and More. Micon will have to surrender the computers and 3.0996 bitcoins that gaming authorities....
The former operator of bitcoin poker site Seals with Clubs was sentenced to two years probation and fined $25,000 today after pleading guilty to the unlawful operation of a gaming site earlier this year. Bryan Micon pled guilty in July after being charged by the Nevada Attorney General's office in the spring. Micon's sentencing hearing took place at 9 am local time in Las Vegas, according to the attorney general's office, which was not immediately available for further comment. At the time he was charged, Micon faced as many as 10 years in prison, and upwards of $50,000 in fines. The....
A Louisiana man and his son have plead guilty to running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange, the US Department of Justice said today. According to the Justice Department, Randall Lord and his son, Michael, plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money services business. Further, the Lords allegedly failed to report cash receipts in excess of $10,000. The elder Lord also plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam. The Justice Department said in a statement: “According to the guilty plea, from at least 2013 to 2015, the....