An Australian entrepreneur was arrested on Friday in Las Vegas and has been accused of helping online casino companies send payments to the United States. Daniel Tzvetkoff is alleged to have helped process over $500 million in online gambling payments and has been arrested on charges relating to illegal gambling conspiracy and money laundering. In an interesting twist, rumours have been circulating that authorities in the United States were tipped off about Tzvetkoff’s whereabouts by online casino companies, who believe the businessman stole $100 million in player deposits.
Tzvetkoff managed to gain entry into the United States and was attending a conference at the time of his arrest. A former co-worker of the businessman has suggested that while Tzvetkoff easily gained entry into the US, the idea “him wandering around that conference sort of thumbing his nose at some of the people he owed large amounts of cash to caused them to get in touch with the FBI”. An indictment from the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York suggests that Tzvetkoff helped facilitate payments up until March 2009, when operators stopped working with him due to his shadowy business practices.
Tzvetkoff’s lawyer, Mace Yampolsky, has suggested that his client is innocent, noting that “he’s innocent until proven guilty”, suggesting that he has not “seen any of the government's proof.”

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