Full Tilt stakeholders excluded from remissions process

Certain stakeholders in Full Tilt Poker (FTP) are to be excluded from the remissions process which is due to kick-off next week.

The contents of an email originating from claims administrator Garden City Group were leaked to the poker community earlier this week, detailing the list of persons to be excluded from the process.

According to the email, past or present employees and affiliates of FTP will not be reimbursed, while vendors that have received compensation through player accounts will also be excluded.

Others to be omitted include past or present Team Full Tilt poker professionals, shareholders, FTP officers or directors, and any defendants in a civil action brought by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) related to violations alleged in the action.

Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas, who confirmed to eGaming Review that he had seen the contents of the email, said: “We really won’t know how wide the net is and who it will capture until the claims process begins next week.”

Details of the remissions process were first revealed last month, with FTP players who had their accounts suspended able to submit claims during a window that runs from 16 September to 15 November.

Funds estimated to be worth in excess of $300m were frozen when the US DoJ seized the FTP domain name on Black Friday, alleging UIGEA violations.