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title: "FBI Shuts Down Three Biggest Online Poker Sites | Online Poker Bonus"
url: https://mpcpoker.com/fbi-shuts-down-three-biggest-online-poker-sites/
description: "UPDATE 11.51 CEST “The Fulltilt website has been moved to www.fulltiltpoker.co.uk UPDATE 9.18 CEST “The PokerStars website has been moved to www.pokerstars.eu and our."
published: 2011-04-16
updated: 2011-04-16
---

# FBI Shuts Down Three Biggest Online Poker Sites | Online Poker Bonus

Published 2011-04-16

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[FBI Poker Video](https://mpcpoker.com/category/fbi-poker-video/)·April 16, 2011

**UPDATE 11.51 CEST** “The Fulltilt website has been moved to www.fulltiltpoker.co.uk

**UPDATE 9.18 CEST** “The PokerStars website has been moved to www.pokerstars.eu and our support email address is now .

**UPDATE 9.10 CEST** “Fulltilt Poker 100% offline also their poker client” ( software )

Reuters and CNBC have just reported that top online poker sites Pokerstars.com, Fulltiltpoker.com and Absolutepoker.com have been seized by the FBI and their owners, a total of 11 people have been charged.

The charges, according to Reuters were filed in Manhattan by federal prosecutors and are for violation of internet anti-gambling laws as well as fraud by “tricking regulators and banks into processing billions of dollars in illegal internet gambling proceeds.”

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