The pair allegedly refused to refund players' deposits or to reimburse players for the dollar-value of their accounts. Now Full Tilt players are taking aim at some of the same executives, filing suit Thursday against Full Tilt directors Howard Lederer and Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson.

An ensuing civil suit against the companies accused executives and founders of money laundering. On April 14, 2011, the feds seized the assets of the 'Big Three' Internet poker companies in the United States: Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker. Lead plaintiffs Steve Segal, Nick Hammer, Robin Houghdahl and Todd Terry are ''real-money' Internet poker players who held accounts with the Full Tilt Poker Internet gambling operation,' but say their accounts were frozen on 'Black Friday,' as it is referred to by the online poker community. LAS VEGAS (CN) - After prosecutors shut down three leading gambling sites in a Ponzi scheme investigation last year, Full Tilt Poker executives denied 'hundreds of thousands, if not millions' of players access to their own money, totaling $150 million, a class claims in Clark County Court.

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