Bitar

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Attorneys for Mr. Ferguson and for Mr. Bitar had no comment.

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Ray Bitar, a 39-year-old former Los Angeles equities trader, gave up stock-picking to found Full Tilt in 2004.

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Tall and overweight, with a dark goatee, Bitar spends much of his time in Ireland, where much of his staff are based on a business park just south of Dublin.

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It also alleged that a third poker player involved in the site, Mr. Furst, received $12 million and Raymond Bitar, who helped manage Full Tilt, got $40 million.

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The issues at Full Tilt should be likened to that of a problematic bank, rather than an illegal investment scheme, according to Jeff Ifrah , an attorney who represents the company in related litigation and is the personal attorney of Chief Executive Raymond Bitar .

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Mr. Bitar, who lives outside the U.S., hasn't been arrested for the charges.

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D in software engineering, and his colleague Mr. Bitar tinkered with their concept for web poker while they traded stocks in Los Angeles.

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Mr. Bitar has been charged criminally with money laundering and bank fraud.

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Mr. Bitar, the Full Tilt chief executive, "doesn't realize what we are doing for him is illegal and we are the only ones smart enough to come up with the solution to allow him to make all this money," the general counsel wrote.

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