The FBI is investing after a four-time World Collection of Poker Circuit winner and up to date Mid-Stakes Poker Tour champion was discovered zip-tied and injured on the aspect of a highway greater than a month after his household reported him lacking.
George Janssen, the present MSPT Venetian champ, instructed police he was kidnapped by two or three males who held him captive in a basement in a home someplace in Toledo for 35 days earlier than dumping him on a rural highway close to his dwelling of Dangerous Axe, Mich.
In keeping with Michigan’s ABC Information 12, Janssen was discovered sure by zip ties and his face bloodied on Dec. 16. He instructed police the boys had extorted him.
Janssen’s household reported the Michigan on-line poker professional was lacking on Nov. 13, two months after he gained the MSPT’s $1,600 predominant occasion on the Venetian for $82,823. His 4 WSOP Circuit rings all got here on-line — most lately in Might — taking part in as “georgejanssen” in Michigan.
He additionally gained $79,861 for ending third in MSPT’s predominant occasion at JACKS on line casino in Cleveland in September.
In keeping with ABC 12, Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson instructed the station that Janssen claims he was dropped after he took the abductors to a spot the place he hid a few of his cash.
“From what we gathered, he was being introduced up right here to recuperate some cash that was hidden to provide to those two assailants,” Hanson instructed ABC 12
A member of the family stated Janssen instructed them he’s been the goal of extortion for the previous two years.
All studies from the sheriff’s division, the Dangerous Axe Police, and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Division have been turned over to the FBI.
The FBI won’t affirm or deny any investigation that it’s engaged on.
