Last week was difficult for the British poker player Darren Woods whose case was discussed by the Crown Court. Three years ago Woods was accused of having committed a great number of frauds towards online poker platforms and manipulating various payment methods, cheating at the tables and willing to use the platforms’ affiliate programs for his own benefit.
Darren Woods used to be one of the most popular poker players, famous for being a bracelet winner in the World Series of Poker and being a coach of PokerStrategy Limit Holdém.
A few years ago, Darren Woods became widely recognizable as the player who won the final table in WSOP and defeated two tough opponents – Gabriel Nassif and Richard Lyndaker.
During that time Woods was one of the players, supported by 888Poker, he was also a prominent tutor at PokerStrategy. However, a local media published a material, which accused Woods of collusion on iPoker and 888Poker.
In the publication, mentioned above, the author accused Woods of having used the following nicknames: Dooshcom, Benkaremail, Dingdonk1984, Salamdolphie. As soon as enough evidence was gathered, the authorities of 888Poker presented the proof to the regulators of 888Poker and iPoker and the Wood’s account in 888Poker was frozen, which put an end to the discussions between both gaming operators.
A second accusation followed a few years later. Another media announced that Woods and his father were making attempts to deceive several online gaming platforms and maintain different accounts. Overall, the evidence states that Darren Woods and his father have been accused of 13 attempts for fraud in the period 2007- 2012.
According to the proof, the Court authorities have, Wood’s father has admitted providing his son with counterfeit documents with the aim of enabling him to maintain different false accounts in online poker platforms but he denies encouraging Darren Woods take part in illegal gambling affairs.
However, the accusations of using multiple accounts and different computers for illegal purposes are not the only official accusation for Darren Woods and his father. They are also said to having participated in money laundering activities. The father claims that he is convinced that all his actions were compatible with the UK gambling rules and regulations and his son has made sure that there is nothing wrong or illegal with their multi accounts venture.
It remains a secret if Woods has been penalized for falsifying the games he took part in or he was fined just for multi accounting. His earnings from maintaining false accounts and using other people’s personal details are estimated to be almost £150, 000.
The defender of Darren Woods made an announcement and said that his client had opened different accounts indeed but he was not planning to use them for dishonest purposes or to contribute to his own well being.
The authorities continue investigating the complicated case and further court hearings are about to be scheduled.
