IS SEALS WITH CLUBS DONKDOWN??? (Update: Micon charged with a felony in Nevada)

[4Dragons]

[sonatine]

I just have to point out that the 25k in BTC that Micon cashed out to pay his fine is worth around 45k at the moment.

[simpdog]

I just have to point out that the 25k in BTC that Micon cashed out to pay his fine is worth around 45k at the moment.

but the jokes on the gov't.

His 25k fine only cost him a year of running Seals, which he enjoyed to do.

[FRANKRIZZO]

So Micon got 2 years probation whereupon he intends to go back to Antigua to take job with newspaper in technology field. Cool story.

[Forum Wars]

And so begins the end of the Social-Media-Church-Mouse phase...with a retweet from his past:

[PuTTY]

New York Times Article


Defense attorney Richard Schonfeld told the judge Micon planned to complete his probation in Las Vegas and move with his family to Antigua to take a job in the technology office of a newspaper there.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015...r-bitcoin.html

[Sanlmar]

And so begins the end of the Social-Media-Church-Mouse phase...with a retweet from his past:

Penny for the Guy.

Just noticed he tweeted this out on Guy Fawkes Day. Well played.

[zealanddonk]

And so begins the end of the Social-Media-Church-Mouse phase...with a retweet from his past:

Penny for the Guy.

Just noticed he tweeted this out on Guy Fawkes Day. Well played.

He actually meant it for Halloween, but you know Micon.

[MumblesBadly]

I just have to point out that the 25k in BTC that Micon cashed out to pay his fine is worth around 45k at the moment.

but the jokes on the gov't.

His 25k fine only cost him a year of running Seals, which he enjoyed to do.

And the cost of the lawyers, and his computers. And his likely participation in SWCPoker payouts given his diminished public representation of the site until his probation is completed.

Overall, a lot more than $25k.

[backdoorb]

New York Times Article


Defense attorney Richard Schonfeld told the judge Micon planned to complete his probation in Las Vegas and move with his family to Antigua to take a job in the technology office of a newspaper there.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015...r-bitcoin.html

Yea, apparently John Gumption was promoted to editor-in-chief out there and brought on Micon

[Forum Wars]

The terms of Mr. Micon's probation are now listed in the publicly available minutes of his court case:

Minutes
11/03/2015 9:30 AM
- Mr. Schonfeld advised the Deft. had a check made out to District Court in the amount of $25,000.00 to pay his fine. Further, Mr. Schonfeld requested certain conditions in the Pre-Sentence Investigation Report either be removed or corrected. Mr. Schonfeld argued for 2 years for probation instead of 3. Mr. Kern requested the items Deft. was to forfeit be made a condition of the sentence. Further, Mr. Kern stated no recommendation. DEFT. MICON ADJUDGED GUILTY of OPERATING AN UNLICENSED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM (F).COURT ORDERED, in addition to the $25.00 Administrative Assessment fee, a $150.00 DNA Analysis fee including testing to determine genetic markers, $25,000.00 Fine, and $3.00 DNA Collection fee, Deft. SENTENCED to a MINIMUM of TWELVE (12) MONTHS and a MAXIMUM of THIRTY (30) MONTHS in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDC), SUSPENDED; placed on PROBATION for an indeterminate period not to exceed TWO (2) YEARS. General Terms and Conditions of Probation: 1. Reporting: You are to report in person to the Division of Parole and Probation as instructed by the Division or its agent. You are required to submit a written report each month on forms supplied by the Division. This report shall be true and correct in all respects. 2. Residence: You shall not change your place of residence without first obtaining permission from the Division of Parole and Probation, in each instance. 3. Intoxicants: You shall not consume any alcoholic beverages to excess. Upon order of the Division of Parole and Probation or its agent, you shall submit to a medically recognized test for blood/breath alcohol content. Test results of .08 blood alcohol content or higher shall be sufficient proof of excess. 4. Controlled Substances: You shall not use, purchase or possess any illegal drugs, or any prescription drugs, unless first prescribed by a licensed medical professional; that shall include a valid medical marijuana card, which is in compliance with State law and has been prescribed by a licensed medical physician. You shall immediately notify the Division of Parole and Probation of any prescription received. You shall submit to drug testing as required by the Division or its agent. 5. Weapons: You shall not possess, have access to, or have under your control, any type of weapon. 6. Search: You shall submit your person, property, place of residence, vehicle or areas under your control to search including electronic surveillance or monitoring of your location, at any time, with or without a search warrant or warrant of arrest, for evidence of a crime or violation of probation by the Division of Parole and Probation or its agent. 7. Associates: You must have prior approval by the Division of Parole and Probation to associate with any person convicted of a felony, or any person on probation or parole supervision. You shall not have any contact with persons confined in a correctional institution unless specific written permission has been granted by the Division and the correctional institution. 8. Directives and Conduct: You shall follow the directives of the Division of Parole and Probation and your conduct shall justify the opportunity granted to you by this community supervision. 9. Laws: You shall comply with all municipal, county, state, and federal laws and ordinances. 10. Out-of-State Travel: You shall not leave the state without first obtaining written permission from the Division of Parole and Probation. 11. Employment/Program: You shall seek and maintain legal employment, or maintain a program approved by the Division of Parole and Probation and not change such employment or program without first obtaining permission. All terminations of employment or program shall be immediately reported to the Division. Special Conditions: 1. Deft. shall not operate interactive gaming as defined by Chapter 463 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, either personally or through employees or agents for that purpose. 2. Deft. shall pay a fine in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000). 3. Deft. shall forfeit all property or interest in any property seized and/or impounded in connection with this case, including: i. Nine Hundred Dollars ($900) in U.S. Currency; ii. 3.0996 Bitcoin; iii. One desktop PC; iv. One Galaxy Note 3 cellular phone; v. One HP laptop Ultra Book with power cord; vi. One black Lenovo IdeaPad SlO 3T with power cord; vii. One Dell laptop, model #M4700 with power cord; viii. One IBM T6OP Think Pad with power cord; ix. One Apple MacBook Air with power cord; and x. One Dell Adamo 13 Laptop with power cord. 4. Deft. shall pay all fees and costs imposed by the Court. 5. Complete impulse control evaluation and complete any recommended counseling; 6. Comply with an imposed curfew, as deemed necessary by Parole & Probation; 7. Maintain/obtain full time employment, if working part-time complete 16 hours of community service each month. COURT FURTHER ORDERED, the property listed in Special Condition number three ADJUDICATED FORFEITED. COURT ORDERED, Deft. to report to P & P within 48 hours of sentencing. BOND, if any, EXONERATED. NIC CLERK'S NOTE: Minute Order amended to include the Courts adjudication. Copy of the minute order placed in Clerk's Attorney Folders of the Attorney General's Office and Richard Schonfeld. clm 11-10-15

[DRK Star]

4. Controlled Substances: You shall not use, purchase or possess any illegal drugs, or any prescription drugs, unless first prescribed by a licensed medical professional; that shall include a valid medical marijuana card, which is in compliance with State law and has been prescribed by a licensed medical physician. You shall immediately notify the Division of Parole and Probation of any prescription received. You shall submit to drug testing as required by the Division or its agent.

[simpdog]

Lol at how many laptops he had.

[sonatine]

micon being forced to pay to have his DNA collected, analyzed, and archived by the government is easily the hoffest moment so far.

[BeerAndPoker]

That is a lot of computers they seized.

He has to maintain full time employment or if part time work community service so that is obviously why he has this stooge job of being the being a Loss Prevention manager for the Drones place.

Micon was lucky. His expensive representation saved him from the boys in the pen. Those big black guys like them some new/fresh skinny dudes to break in properly so Micon would have been their type.

[MumblesBadly]

That is a lot of computers they seized.

He has to maintain full time employment or if part time work community service so that is obviously why he has this stooge job of being the being a Loss Prevention manager for the Drones place.

Micon was lucky. His expensive representation saved him from the boys in the pen. Those big black guys like them some new/fresh skinny dudes to break in properly so Micon would have been their type.

Prolly true. State prison for white collar crims is not like the country club farms that the Feds have.

[Dan Druff]

micon being forced to pay to have his DNA collected, analyzed, and archived by the government is easily the hoffest moment so far.

Yeah, he's not going to like that. But still he's got to be ready to suck Schonfeld's Jew dick for keeping him out of prison and minimizing that fine down to a fraction of what he made running Seals.

The drug testing thing would be a KILLER for him if Nevada didn't have medical marijuana. However, all he has to do is get a medical marijuana card (if he doesn't have one already), and he will be exempt.

Interesting how he can't own any firearms, despite his crime being nonviolent. He does have at least one gun, and I assume he will have to give that up, unless he's an idiot and wants to keep it around and risk his probation (which I doubt he will).

He isn't allowed to associate with felons. This might be something concerning to him, since many poker players and bitcoin enthusiasts have shady pasts.

The employment thing is exactly what we thought -- that he got Crazy Mike to give him a "cover job" so he could claim employment and still "not work for the man", which has always been very important to him.

It says something about an "imposed curfew", but does not state what that curfew would be. But it's possible that all-night gambling benders will no longer be possible, which may actually help him. Brandon used to tell stories about going out with Micon all night and gambling with him.

He can't leave Nevada without permission. This probably won't be a big deal to him, as he rarely traveled outside of Vegas in the years he lived there. I remember expressing to him how surprised I was that he didn't visit California very often, given all of the things to see there, and its proximity to Vegas.

He has to submit to warrantless searches at the government's discretion. He has to hate that, too, but it's possible they won't do this without reason. Still, he's going to have to constantly be concerned about what's on his computer and what he keeps in his house. I do know someone (a woman in her 50s, not a poker player) who had a DUI conviction and had her apartment recently spot-searched for alcohol! So this does happen.

Notice that the probation says nothing about gambling, aside from not running an online gaming site. Many here theorized that he would be restricted from casinos, but I never believed that. Once we saw him at WSOP events this year, I knew that this couldn't have been a term, because he wouldn't have before-the-fact violated it.

The probation also does NOT say anything about social media and criticizing the government. I thought that it might, such as restricting "inflammatory speech about the government or law enforcement" during those 2 years. But nothing about that at all.

[sonatine]

i wonder if the medical marijuana issue is going to get hamstrung by this being a felony case; pot isnt federally legal anywhere.

[Dan Druff]

i wonder if the medical marijuana issue is going to get hamstrung by this being a felony case; pot isnt federally legal anywhere.

The probation terms say that he can use it medically if he has a valid card to do so.

[vegas1369]

i wonder if the medical marijuana issue is going to get hamstrung by this being a felony case; pot isnt federally legal anywhere.

The probation terms say that he can use it medically if he has a valid card to do so.

I haven't read the thread, just this post, but if he has a felony and does not currently have a card he will not be able to get one.