Absolute Poker and UltimateBet offices raided in Costa Rica

The Costan Rica Police (Organismo de Investigaciones Judiciales) has also been looking for the founder of AP/UB, Scott Tom, and Olman Rimola, the owner of a business related to AP/UB, but have been unable to find them.

The local press in Costa Rica is reporting that authorities have launched their own investigations into the operations of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet in response to the Black Friday indictments and because a legal representative for UltimateBet is also a mayoral candidate for the Costa Rican city of Escazu.

Support offices for PokerStars were also raided but have since been re-opened and all indications are that the firm has been given the all clear by the Costa Rican authorities.

From PokerStars Steve, VIP Manager: “PokerStars continues to operate the world’s largest poker room, business as usual. It is true that the OIJ is currently at the PokerStars Costa Rican office and has sent employees home temporarily, but employees will be able to return in a few hours. PokerStars expects the office to return to business as usual in short order as this action was most likely taken as a response to problems experienced by other local companies in the same industry.”