Owners of online gambling giants facing criminal charges

The owners and founders of the three largest online gambling sites in the United States have been indicted and charged with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses.

Eleven people have been charged over their involvement in running PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker.

One of the companies, Full Tilt Poker, has a subsidiary in Ireland.

Pocket Kings, based in the Cherrywood business centre in Dublin, is a service provider to Full Tilt Poker and employs 700 people here.