PartyGaming, the parent company of PartyPoker, today released a statement announcing that it's voluntarily talking to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York about the company's activities prior to October of 2006, when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was enacted.
PartyGaming was the first of all online poker companies to stop allowing players in the U.S. to play for real money on its site. The PartyGaming release says it's in the process of voluntarily responding to a request for information that was requested by the Attorney General's office.
It also said it "initiated discussions." It's not known what they're talking about or what kind of information the Department of Justice requested.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York is the office where the charges of the racketeering and fraud were brought against virtual wallet NETeller. Two of NETeller's founders were charged and arrested, and the office seized millions of dollars in money that was in transit to online poker players and gamblers. The government has yet to release the cash.
Since then, the company has agreed to cooperate with the government after pleading guilty to the charges. NETeller as a whole is set to face sentencing charges in October.
