According to a press release issue by the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of New York, fifteen defendants, including well-known poker pro Travell Thomas, 37, have been charged in a $31 million fraudulent and coercive debt collection scheme.
In the indictment, which was unsealed by United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, the man responsible for the Black Friday indictments, Thomas is named as the co-owner, president, and chief executive officer of a debt collection company that took in more than $31 million from thousands of victims across the United States.