After the state of New York filed charges against the world’s largest online poker sites last month, the state of Maryland has followed suit. Two companies, three people – two of whom are Canadians – and a total of ten online gambling sites have been affected by this second round of crackdowns on online gaming.

After the FBI and the American Department of Justice boldly seized and shut down major online poker giants PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and UB / Absolute Poker in April, several other online poker rooms that had catered to American gamblers took the hint and stopped allowing U.S. players to sign up. However, many other sites weren’t quite as astute, and now another ten of them have been shut down by the Americans for allegedly conducting illegal gambling businesses.

One of the companies behind a number of the sites, ThrillX, has offices in Vancouver. ThrillX is responsible for much of the software employed by the sites in question, and two representatives of the company, Darren Wright and David Parchomchuk, who are both said to be from British Columbia, have been formally charged. Bank accounts in countries around the world, including in Portugal, the Netherlands, and Guam, were also seized.

As with the explosive case with online poker sites in April, the charges range from illegal gambling to money laundering, which can come with some serious jail time if those accused are convicted.