27 1 / 2012
PartyGaming, PayPal And Moneybookers Linked To Megaupload | P2P News!
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AxU10K on January 27, 2012 at 04:19PMLots of posts related to MegaUpload lately but it’ s kindda fair considering it was, after all, the fall of a giant. Here comes another one:
The sudden end of Megaupload dragged many names under FBI’s scope, among whom Kim Dotcom (founder), famous rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz, and some other people from all around the world, including Finland, Germany, Slovakia, Estonia. This time, however, Megaupload’s indictment includes along with PayPal and Moneybookers, a big name in the gaming section.
According to this indictment, PartyGaming – the online gaming giant – paid more than $3 million to Megaupload since 2009. Under the section “Third Parties” we can read:
“PartyGaming plc is a company based in the United Kingdom that has operated PartyPoker.com since 2001. PartyPoker.com has more than 3 million visitors annually and is one of the largest online poker rooms. PartyGaming’s advertising contract with the members of Mega Conspiracy was initiated on or about November 12, 2009 and has resulted in payments of more than $3,000,000 to the Conspiracy. The contract was still active as recently as on or about March 18,2011.”
Under the same section we can also find two famous money transferring services – PayPal and Moneybookers.
