Two Former Neteller Executives Arrested in US

The two Canadian founders and former directors of Neteller PLC, the Internet payment processing company, were arrested in the United States today. John David Lefebre and Stephen Eric Lawrence, both originally from Calgary, Alberta, were charged with laundering billions of dollars in gambling proceeds. Lefebre was arrested yesterday in Malibu, California and Lawrence was arrested in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The criminal complaints against them were unsealed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan yesterday. The press release from the United States Attorney General's Office is available here.

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