Ex-Neteller directors are charged with laundering
Two former directors and founding shareholders of Neteller, a British online money transfer company, have been charged in the United States with laundering billions of dollars in illegal gambling proceeds.
Canadians Stephen Lawrence, 46, and John Lefebvre, 55, were arrested Monday, U.S. Atty. Michael Garcia said -- Lawrence in the Virgin Islands and Lefebvre in Malibu.
They were charged Monday in New York federal court with conspiring to transfer funds with the intent to promote illegal gambling, according to two complaints made public Tuesday.
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