The US government has shied away from going after online gambling companies when it comes to violations of US law. Instead, the government has focused their efforts on investigating the payment processors that aid these gaming sites in their operations.
Ahmad Khawaja ran two payment processors that were in the middle of a federal case involving online gambling funds. This week, Khawaja forfeited $13.3 million that was seized by the FBI back in June of last year. The civil settlement kept Khawaja and his companies from further legal trouble.
Allied Wallet and Allied Systems processed funds that went into player accounts from sites such as PokerStars and other online gaming sites. The companies also transferred money from offshore through wire transfers from people who understood that the money was being exchanged as part of the gambling operation.
The laws in the US are vague when it comes to the legality of Internet gambling. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was created in 2006 and went into affect this June. The UIGEA, however, does not define what activity constitutes illegal gambling. Sports betting is the only defined illegal form of gambling on the Internet in the US.
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