Joe
99.98% Kiln dried
Bronze Level
Ok, I'm pretty shocked about what I just heard but, I didn't shoot the messenger- so please don't you!
I just got off a long WhatsApp chat with a friend of mine who works in the poker industry and she is friends with an ex-major-PokerSite ambassador (I won't say which one) and may or may not have previously worked there herself.
I am being purposely vague, my friend was not! :laugh:
Now, before we get into the gossip, I have been advised by my lawyer* to stipulate that this is hearsay and I myself cannot claim the following to be true:
Apparently, back in the days when this PokerSite were far more generous with their compensation gifts and the suchlike, a person within one of the support teams had been organising people to make accounts and contact support repeatedly until they were connected to him specifically at which point he could fraudulently substantiate their claims and award their account with lavish sweeteners for the 'problems' they'd experienced!
What eventuates is that by the time Sites internal security realise something's amiss, not only had the guy been doing it for many months, he'd already left the company and had managed to syphon serious amounts of money, upwards of seven figures big, as well as his regular salary!
Adding to the intrigue, mystery and Hollywood-esque nature of the tale is that the ring of people involved (who'd been contacting the support worker) was comprised of a group of shady con artists who'd all created accounts using sham addresses, freshly-opened bank accounts and had all evaporated, along with the ex-employee, and all traces of the $$$...
Now, I know what you're thinking- pretty fantastic story so far, but where are we going?
Well the upshot, according to the undisclosed source, is that PokerSite threw a fit about this, withdrew almost all compensation for a wide variety of complaints and begun tightening all kickbacks and the suchlike to recoup the losses..!
*gasp*
Now, I know what I think about all this, so I'm really only interested in what you all do!
I'm going to make a poll with a few options, but feel free to elaborate on your vote in your reply if you wish.
Also, have you heard any crazy poker rumours? If you're willing to share one you've heard I'd love to hear them! :biggrin:
Perhaps no specifics? :laugh:
I just got off a long WhatsApp chat with a friend of mine who works in the poker industry and she is friends with an ex-major-PokerSite ambassador (I won't say which one) and may or may not have previously worked there herself.
I am being purposely vague, my friend was not! :laugh:
Now, before we get into the gossip, I have been advised by my lawyer* to stipulate that this is hearsay and I myself cannot claim the following to be true:
Apparently, back in the days when this PokerSite were far more generous with their compensation gifts and the suchlike, a person within one of the support teams had been organising people to make accounts and contact support repeatedly until they were connected to him specifically at which point he could fraudulently substantiate their claims and award their account with lavish sweeteners for the 'problems' they'd experienced!
What eventuates is that by the time Sites internal security realise something's amiss, not only had the guy been doing it for many months, he'd already left the company and had managed to syphon serious amounts of money, upwards of seven figures big, as well as his regular salary!
Adding to the intrigue, mystery and Hollywood-esque nature of the tale is that the ring of people involved (who'd been contacting the support worker) was comprised of a group of shady con artists who'd all created accounts using sham addresses, freshly-opened bank accounts and had all evaporated, along with the ex-employee, and all traces of the $$$...
Now, I know what you're thinking- pretty fantastic story so far, but where are we going?
Well the upshot, according to the undisclosed source, is that PokerSite threw a fit about this, withdrew almost all compensation for a wide variety of complaints and begun tightening all kickbacks and the suchlike to recoup the losses..!
*gasp*
Now, I know what I think about all this, so I'm really only interested in what you all do!
I'm going to make a poll with a few options, but feel free to elaborate on your vote in your reply if you wish.
Also, have you heard any crazy poker rumours? If you're willing to share one you've heard I'd love to hear them! :biggrin:
Perhaps no specifics? :laugh:
