Originally Posted by Hurdleking
Lol at running a vig on his charges.
Lol at running a vig on his charges.
Popcorn & turn down the lights. It's show time.
WHO: Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt.
WHAT: Unlawful Internet Gaming Prosecution Press Conference.
WHERE: The press conference will take place in the first floor foyer of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building at 555 E. Washington Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Space is limited.
WHEN: The press conference will begin on Tuesday, April 28 at 11 a.m., and is open to the media.
Does anyone have a live stream? Let's get this party started.
C'mon somebody with a phone get there and put it on periscope
TRUMP 2024!
Popcorn & turn down the lights. It's show time.
WHO: Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt.
WHAT: Unlawful Internet Gaming Prosecution Press Conference.
WHERE: The press conference will take place in the first floor foyer of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building at 555 E. Washington Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Space is limited.
WHEN: The press conference will begin on Tuesday, April 28 at 11 a.m., and is open to the media.
NOTES: RSVPs are appreciated by April 27, 2015 by 5 p.m. Please RSVP to Patty Cafferata, Director of Communications via email at PCafferata@ag.nv.gov or by phone at (775) 684-1136 or (775) 600-5690.
Can somebody call /email and ask if you can watch online?
Druff was headed there but got his car towed.
Chairman Tony Alamo of the Nevada Gaming Commission added, “The Nevada gaming regulatory structure is considered the ‘Gold Standard’ throughout the world. The Micon prosecution is important because it makes clear that the Nevada Gaming Control Act and its rigorous licensing requirements will be strictly enforced. The unique facts of the case make this prosecution the first of its kind in the state of Nevada.”
I don't think this means he can get off with a nice plea bargain.
Yikes this sounds scary. Isn't his wife a lawyer?
Whatever he says means shit. He is grandstanding and talking tough, what he is paid to do. There are very few cases where a plea isn't preferable, and this isn't one of them. They want to close cases, not go to trial and risk a loss and spend unnecessary time and money.
On the one hand, I completely agree.
On the other hand, very few fortunes are made without coloring outside the lines. Sadly he stacked up on an adventure with really horrific consequences, and I think that's his ultimate failure here; working off his emotions instead of focusing on minimizing exposure.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
A teenage driver races through the streets in a reckless fashion because he has never had an accident. The reality of risk & consequences is purely an intellectual exercise and difficult to gauge given limited experience.
On the one hand, I completely agree.
On the other hand, very few fortunes are made without coloring outside the lines. Sadly he stacked up on an adventure with really horrific consequences, and I think that's his ultimate failure here; working off his emotions instead of focusing on minimizing exposure.
This is Micon.
Micon is a guy whose reality & life experience didn't extend far beyond his head, his bedroom and the casino floor. He has had very little experience dealing with authority, discipline & consequences.
I believe there is something dissociative about his personality. I slept thru Intro to Psychology but I think I am on the right track.
Can someone please let T Alamo know that I don't appreciate his flyers on my car railing about the pope being a nazi. Inappropriate.
"Shoulda Practiced Avoidance"
We could ask Phantom, since he's seen her legal briefs.
Whatever he says means shit. He is grandstanding and talking tough, what he is paid to do. There are very few cases where a plea isn't preferable, and this isn't one of them. They want to close cases, not go to trial and risk a loss and spend unnecessary time and money.
I actually disagree. I think this is exactly the kind of case that screams "make an example out of him." They may offer him a plea, but I think the offer will be so bad he will try to take it to court.
:freelewfather
They are very limited as to how much they can "stick it to him". This was a completely non violent, white collar, low level "crime". The defendant has zero criminal record. There are specific sentencing guidelines, that prob fall in between probation and a very small amount of jail time in this case. They really don't have much to work with in tryi g to be dicks about it. Unless Micon refuses any deal and won't have it.
I actually disagree. I think this is exactly the kind of case that screams "make an example out of him." They may offer him a plea, but I think the offer will be so bad he will try to take it to court.
But as I said before a plea takes Micon's cushy existence and destroys it. So he might just be dumb enough to fight it or stay on the run.
What are the specific sentencing guidelines you are referring to?They are very limited as to how much they can "stick it to him". This was a completely non violent, white collar, low level "crime". The defendant has zero criminal record. There are specific sentencing guidelines, that prob fall in between probation and a very small amount of jail time in this case. They really don't have much to work with in tryi g to be dicks about it. Unless Micon refuses any deal and won't have it.
But as I said before a plea takes Micon's cushy existence and destroys it. So he might just be dumb enough to fight it or stay on the run.
It would be interesting to find a history of cases the Nevada Gaming has brought to trial over the last five years to a get sense of how hard they come down on people. Also, because this is a case Nevada has never seen before, we have no idea what charges they are going to try to go after him with. He was basically running an online gambling site from the state of Nevada which more less allowed people to deposit a currency with value on it. I would be surprised if that element was overlooked. You may be right but i think there is going to be a lot more to all this.They are very limited as to how much they can "stick it to him". This was a completely non violent, white collar, low level "crime". The defendant has zero criminal record. There are specific sentencing guidelines, that prob fall in between probation and a very small amount of jail time in this case. They really don't have much to work with in tryi g to be dicks about it. Unless Micon refuses any deal and won't have it.
But as I said before a plea takes Micon's cushy existence and destroys it. So he might just be dumb enough to fight it or stay on the run.
:freelewfather
You would have to think that if he is dumb enough to yet to fight it that the DOJ and the IRS will eventually come into the picture. He should try to make some sort of plea, but I agree with you that he probably won't.
Doubt anything newsworthy was added in press conference. AG Laxalt just getting some face time. Yet he doesn't give mention in these conferences to just any case.
There was one tidbit.
Your turn to act Micon.
Gaming agents infiltrated Bitcoin poker site to bring criminal case
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/la...-criminal-case
By DAVID FERRARA
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated 12:04pm
A special agent with the Nevada Gaming Control Board infiltrated a Bitcoin-fueled poker website to help launch what authorities on Tuesday said was the first state-level criminal prosecution of illegal online poker.
“The industry must be licensed and controlled,” Attorney General Adam Laxalt said at a news conference.
An arrest warrant was issued against Bryan Micon in Las Vegas Justice Court on Monday on one count of operating an unlicensed interactive gaming system.
Laxalt added that the charge, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine, marks the first prosecution of a poker site that used the digital currency.
“Defending Nevada’s worldwide reputation as the gold standard of gaming integrity is a paramount concern to tens of thousands of Nevadans employed by the industry and the 41 million tourists who visit the state each year,” Laxalt said.
Court papers filed Monday state that Micon operated Seals with Clubs, which accepted Bitcoin digital currency, between March 1, 2014 and Feb. 9, 2015 “without first procuring and thereafter maintaining in effect the required licenses.”
Seals with Clubs was promptly shut down, but Micon then moved to Antigua and launched a new Bitcoin site, SwCPoker.eu.
Authorities said Micon’s last known whereabouts were in the Caribbean island nation.
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