On April 15, 2011, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York seized and shut down Pokerstars and several of its competitors' sites, alleging that the sites were violating federal bank fraud and money laundering laws.

PokerStars believes its customers deserve a safe and reliable place to play online poker against real people. We believe in a level playing field and vigorously police our poker games using a variety of cutting-edge techniques to make sure that's what you get.