Chris Moneymaker Lawyers Up to Sue PayPal for Seized Funds
Chris Moneymaker has enlisted the services of Bensamochan Law Firm to go after Paypal
Chris Moneymaker has enlisted the services of Bensamochan Law Firm to go after Paypal following the company?s decision to ?steal? more than $12k from the ACR ambassador, whose boss joined in with a clear message for the payment processors...
As we revealed last week, the 2003 WSOP Main Event champ was less than impressed by PayPal taking a $12,228.55 deduction from his account, having frozen it the previous year.
That, say PayPal, was for ?damages caused by Acceptable Use Policy violation? but they have refused to disclose what exactly big Chris did wrong, and now Moneymaker is on the legal warpath.
This week saw a press release from the Beverley Hills law firm, fronted by the same lawyer, Eric Bensamochan, who recently represented Todd Witteles against Mike Postle in his anti-SLAPP hearings.
The press release, subtitled ?Poker Hall of Famer invites others to join him in class action suit to stand up to the 'payments bully'", states that: ?Moneymaker...has retained Bensamochan Law Firm to file an action against PayPal Holdings Inc. in Federal Court for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and bad faith, among other causes of action.? It quotes Moneymaker as saying: ?I?ll leave to my lawyers to determine what the law says, but I think this is straight-up theft and Paypal is a payments bully.?The man widely credited with sparking the online poker boom following his satellite-to-Main E...
