$1.35 Million in Flagged Money Deposits
The monetary core of the affidavit centres on money circulate by means of Tempus Holdings, Inc., the Lodge’s company funding entity. Throughout January and February 2025 alone, roughly $1.35 million was deposited from the Lodge by means of a Loomis money vault positioned contained in the membership right into a Tempus Holdings checking account.
An extra $808,000 was transferred from a Tempus Holdings account to a separate “sweeps” enterprise checking account throughout the identical two-month window. The affidavit states these transactions represent proof of criminal activity on the Lodge.
The Loomis vault is a industrial money administration service sometimes utilized by companies dealing with excessive volumes of bodily forex. Its presence contained in the Lodge suggests the membership was processing sufficient money to justify industrial-grade money dealing with infrastructure.
Who Controls Tempus Holdings
The warrant names three majority stakeholders who collectively personal 63.3% of Tempus Holdings and are signers on the sweeps checking account: Doug Polk, Jake Abdalla, and Jason Levin.
It additionally names 18 minority traders, every holding below 7%, together with Brad Owen, Andrew Neeme, Jamie Kerstetter, Nick Petrangelo, Ryan Payment, Jaman Burton, and Thomas “SrslySirius” Keeling. Not one of the minority shareholders seem like investigation targets based mostly on the affidavit’s language.
The monetary image issues as a result of the Lodge’s belongings and financial institution accounts had been frozen on March 15. Over 200 employees are with out pay and gamers can’t money out chips or gather event winnings.
Because the Lodge’s highest-profile proprietor, Polk is now straight tied to an investigation that names him as a majority stakeholder and signatory on the accounts in query.
Two Years of Undercover Operations
The investigation didn’t start with the March 10 raid. Based on the affidavit, Agent Bell obtained a confidential report of questionable monetary exercise on the Lodge in June 2024. He started exterior surveillance on June 13, 2024, and by August had obtained the membership’s financial institution data.
Beginning April 17, 2025, TABC brokers went undercover contained in the Lodge. They visited the membership on six separate events by means of January 30, 2026, spanning roughly 9 months of on-the-ground intelligence gathering.
What the Undercover Brokers Did
Every agent was given $600 and purchased into $1/$2 no-limit maintain’em money video games. They documented all the pieces: chips bought, drinks ordered, safety presence, session outcomes, and the way the membership dealt with membership verification.
