Quote Originally Posted by sonatine View Post
at the risk of coming off like im arguing (im really not), one has to consider that sending an extraction team to arrest micon in aruba and take him back here to face the music would probably run what.. 25-40k, while inviting him back to plea out regarding his previous criminal endeavor so you can slam dunk new charges for his new criminal endeavor once he arrives is free.

hell micon is even paying for the plane tickets.
I'm just saying this would be a huge black eye for Chesnoff's reputation if the AG did this to Micon, given that SWCpoker has been known about (and in fact very public) since February.

This would cause Chesnoff to say "fuck you" to the AG in the future when they want to make deals with his clients, and thus it won't happen.

The prosecution and high profile defense attorneys need each other, and both are harmed if that circle of trust is broken.

Also, pretty sure Chesnoff got them to promise NOT to arrest him for SWCpoker as a term for him returning. If he didn't, then he did some pretty shitty work on this one.

Again, this still leaves the piece of "What about SWCpoker?" completely missing at this moment. If its complete shutdown is a term of probation, the government can at least claim a win in that they closed a serious competitor to the NV poker sites. If SWCpoker remains open, with Micon simply claiming he "sold it" (whether true or false), then the NV government would have a huge load dripping right off of their faces.

I guess we'll see what happens here.