Swedish Motorcycle Gang Ties to Alleged Matt Marafioti Online Poker Hacking Scandal

The alleged Matt Marafioti/Samer Rahman online poker account hacking scandal gets more crazy by the day.

Both men are accused of conspiring to hack various accounts as per a Facebook conversation posted on the popular TwoPlusTwo.com message board.  It should be noted that both individuals have denied the allegations. 

From the PokerGuruBlog.com: 

Following the publication of the logs, Marafioti replied, denying cheating or installing Trojan on anybody’s computer and offering $1 million for anyone who proves he had done so. Later, he reported a Trojan being found on his own computer. He acknowledged his connections to Rahman and the existence of the chat logs posted by ‘cbt5000’, although he claimed they had been altered.

In recent days reports have surfaced that Rahman may have ties to the Swedish motorcycle gang called the Bandidos, who some have suggested cheated  money out of a number of Scandinavian pros including Finland’s Patrik Antonius. 

From the PokerGuruBlog.com:

(P)ieces of information began to surface about Rahman. 2p2 member ‘Mr. Hickey’, citing a “reliable source,” stated that Rahman had been known to have hacked high stakes players’ computers and he owned the ‘Alladin’ account on FTP. Rahman has also been proven to be in connection with Mohammed Kowssarie, a Swedish high stakes player under the screen names ‘TerrorofSweden’ and ‘Fast_Freddy’, who has cheated in high stakes games, against Patrik Antonius and Johnny Lodden, for instance. Both Rahman and Kowssarie has ties to the Swedish motorcycle crime gang Bandidos, who have been known for cheating money out of several Scandinavian high stakes pros.

Players are, however, afraid to publish hard evidence, fearing retaliation. Previously, there had been a post concerning the scams of the gang but it got removed within minutes; it is also a well known fact that the owner of an international poker site was murdered by the Swedish Hell’s Angels gang before giving a testimony against a former business partner.

In the 2p2 thread on the current issue, Rahman came along and denied all charges. He claimed he had only met Marafioti once but they have no connection above that. Next, he requested the removal of the topic on the “scam” and the 2p2 administration closed it to begin reviewing its content. Three hours later, the topic was reopened, as many of the charges appeared to be true.

Marafioti receieved a whole lot of bad press during the World Series of Poker after going on a rant via Twitter against his ex girlfriend Lauren Kling.  Most of those tweets are too shocking to republish on this family friendly site, however, Marafioti did refer to Kling as a woman of ill-repute and accused her of cheating on him with a fellow poker player. 

- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com