Howard Lederer
Howard Henry Lederer (b. 1963) is an American professional poker player and is the brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author and poet Katy Lederer. On September 20, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to amend a civil complaint, alleging that Lederer and three other directors of the poker website Full Tilt Poker were running a Ponzi scheme that paid out $444 million of customer money to themselves and the firm's owners.
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