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This is a chronological timeline of events and statements made about the UltimateBetcheating scandal. I have pointed out the many inconsistencies and changing of the stories by UB,or people associated with UB.I am proposing that UltimateBet initially tried to conclude its investigation in late May2008. They made a public statement and sent out Paul Leggett and Annie Duke to do someinterviews. Then players on 2+2 start releasing more suspicious accounts originally held back.UB makes a statement saying they are looking into some additional accounts. They also tried tomake it look like the refund process was complete, or nearly complete. We know this couldn’thave been true since they needed lawsuit money to pay the players.Then a UB insider named brainwashdodo releases inside information from UltimateBet.This information includes transfer histories and admin. Screenshots. Again, UB is playing catchup and making more statementsAt the “conclusion” of the investigation in November the KGC was going to give its finalreport , but that has not happened yet. UltimateBet has ignored players requests for HandHistories and a complete list of all 88 cheating account names. In November 2008, UltimateBettold a player a statement was coming soon. Both UB and KGC have been silent for around sixmonths and are seemingly finished with the issue. Many Limit Hold ‘Em players still believe thatthey are owed money, but were told by UB that the refund process is complete. I have transcribedinterviews, compiled timelines, and researched previous companies. Here is a link to where Ihave uploaded my works on the UB scandal. http://www.scribd.com/Mookman5Another good resource is from 2+2 poker forum found here:
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11-9-07
–  Gank's Post About Mom Fired From UltimateBet b/c Her Son Caught Cheating* This was while the Absolute Poker Cheating was going on“
A higher level executive was fired not to long ago, because her 19 year old son, who shegot a job at UB, was caught cheating games at the UB office. . He definitely wascheating customers somehow, maybe a combination of the above things mentioned at thevery least.”“edit: Another close, reliable source has just talked to me and told me the woman's sonhad "administrative access" which let him see hole cards. The source also "wouldn't besurprised if administrative access still exists" The person went on to say "There's alsoevidence that at least a couple months ago AJ (Green) was overseeing day to dayoperations"
11-16-07
–  Anonymous Post on Pocket Fives Suspecting Cheating on UB  “
I played on UB almost since it's inception until about last year. I withdrew all of mymoney after I saw some strange patterns. I also didn't like their customer service. I alsoknow that security isn't high on UB priority list and as such, even when they knowsomething is wrong...they don't care to fix it. After this whole thing came out with AP, Iwill never play on UB again and I am a bit happy to realize that I wasn't just having a"gambler's mentality" about the whole thing, after proof of the AP situation.”
 
1-8-08
-Story About Possible Cheating at UltimateBet Breaks on 2+2 Forum 
- I have compiled a chronological list of relevant posts by players that were cheated onUltimateBet. These posts start in January 2008 and End in July 2008. These posts basicallyserved as the investigation into Ultimatebet from the players and detectives side. Here is a link towhere these posts can be found.
Timeline of posts on 2+2 Investigating The UB Scandal
75 days pass before any type of statement is made by UltimateBet.
3-6-08
-UltimateBet Makes First Statement About Cheating On 2+2
“On January 12, 2008, UltimateBet was alerted to allegations that a player with the onlinehandle “NioNio” exhibited abnormally high winning statistics and was accused of having anunfair advantage during play.”“The initial findings of our third-party expert confirm that the NioNio account’s winningstatistics were indeed abnormal, and we have expanded the investigation to look into whether anunfair advantage existed, how such a scheme might have been perpetrated, and whether additional accounts beyond those of NioNio were involved.”
 It took almost 3 months for UltimateBet to figure out the statistics were abnormal. Thisis something Josem proved with his graph and statiical analysis on January 9, 2008.UB said they are still looking to see if other accounts were involved. Scratchy1 and trambopoline listed 12 more suspected accounts by 1-14-08. In late January many HSNL players receive phone calls or e-mails asking to return to UB and theinvestigation was complete.
5-29-08
-UltimateBet Makes First Official Public Statement About Unfair Play
“today announced the results of its lengthy investigation into allegations of unfair play,which was triggered by concerns about an account named 'NioNio'“The investigation has concluded that certain player accounts did in fact have an unfair advantage”“The individuals responsible were found to have worked for the previous ownership of UltimateBetprior to the sale of the business to Tokwiro in October 2006”“Throughout the investigation of this incident, Tokwiro's consistent priorities have beenTo complete its investigation and come to a full understanding of what occurred;To refund the affected customers“January 2008: The "NioNio" account and related accounts are suspended pendingfurther investigation.”“February 2008: Preliminary findings indicate abnormally high winning statistics for thesuspect accounts”
 
“February 2008: Investigators confirm that the suspect accounts are associated withindividuals who had worked for UltimateBet under the previous ownership.”“March 2008: Six player accounts are confirmed to have participated in this scheme. Noaccounts were deleted at any point, although some account names were changed multiple times.The following account names are known to have been used in the fraudulent activity: NioNio,Sleepless, NoPaddles, nvtease, flatbroke33, ilike2win, UtakeIt2, FlipFlop2, erick456,WhackMe44, RockStarLA, stoned2nite, monizzle, FireNTexas, HeadKase01, LetsPatttty, NYMobser, and WhoWhereWhen.”“May 2008: The investigation confirms that the fraudulent activity took place fromMarch 7, 2006 to December 3, 2007.”“The refund process will begin immediately”
 Here is where it appears UltimateBet was going to try to end the investigation. Thewording in the statement like “announced the results of investigation. They make nomention of looking at additional accounts. The also say the cheating took place from March 2006 to December 2007. Later on it is found out there are additional usernamesand that the cheating dated back further than originally stated.
5-29-08
-Paul Leggett Interview With Nat Arem
“We have learned through our investigation that one of the individuals involved was aliaison to UB post sale as part of the transition, but that person has not worked for the company or had access to systems for roughly a year.”“some of the account name changes did happen post sale. One individual who wasemployed by the previous ownership appears to have aided the perpetrators by changing accountnames. This individual served as liaison to UB through a transition period post sale.”“We expect to have all refunds completed within several days”
 Paul says he expects refunds to be completed within several days. Knowing what weknow now this seems impossible. It is a fact that refunds were not completed until  November.
6-2-08
– Paul Leggett Interview On PokerCast Radio- I have transcribed the entire interview with Paul Leggett. Here is a link to a textversion of his interview:Paul Leggett Radio Interview Transcribed
“That investigation was comprehensive and it lasted several months”“The cheating took place from March 2006 to December 2007”“Refund our players which we were able to do this week”
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