In the ongoing investigation by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) and subsequent audit by Gaming Associates, former Grand Chief Joe Norton, the 100% owner of AP followed up on his previous statement to keep the poker community updated by releasing more information on the Absolute Poker Scandal.
In this interim statement, the KGC said it is still completing the investigation into the “potripper†scandal but Absolute Poker did admit the “potripper†account had won $800,000 in what AP said was a “known period of unfair playingâ€Â. This “known period†amounted to 40 days.
In what is still being called by Absolute Poker a security breach which begun in August, AP has reimbursed poker players involved with interest. The total amount paid back to Absolute poker players as a result of the inquiry into the scandal was released as $1.6 million.
Absolute Poker also stated that it is cooperating with the KGC investigation and that it would like to assure poker players that the security breach that resulted in this situation was resolved “immediately after it was discovered and confirmed: and that Absolute Poker is now absolutely secure.”
AP added that the “known perpetrator… no longer has access to Absolute. The system breach was the result of a recent internal software release impacting internal reporting. The breach was exploitable only by an authorized AP person that manipulated the internal reporting software, together with the AP gaming software. The security breach was not; therefore, the result of an external action, and no individual outside AP could exploit the breach.â€Â
As far as a super user account was concerned the statement said that there is no evidence that their ever was a super user account that had the capability of seeing players whole cards.
The investigation and audit are still ongoing and hopefully soon Absolute Poker can put this behind them and start focusing on more positive things. In the poker community, the damage to the reputation of the poker site seems to be to great to overcome but only time will tell. AP seems to recognize this also and ended the interim report with,
“AP regrets the damage that has been done to its players and to its own reputation by this incident. We are absolutely focused on doing the right thing for our loyal customers, employees, consultants and business partners and we will continue to work with the KGC and Gaming Associates to bring this incident into the full light of day and to right any wrongs done to innocent victims of this unfair play.â€Â
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AP regrets the damage that has been done to its players and to its own reputation by this incident. We are absolutely focused on doing the right thing for our loyal customers, employees, consultants and business partners and we will continue to work with the KGC and Gaming Associates to bring this incident into the full light of day and to right any wrongs done to innocent victims of this unfair play.
False statement
Shameful of your site for even printing such a fake image of Absolute Poker’s intent.
Gloss over everything if you want. You know the facts and opt to omit them. Serious lack of integrity on your part. SELL OUTS
Perhaps you missed the “‘s?