E-gold online payment system has announced that the U.S. Government has taken an important step towards implementing the Value Access Plan (VAP). According to the online payment processor the Value Access Plan (VAP) allows access to e-metal account value. Also the VAP permits owners of VAP-Qualified Accounts to be paid in U.S. dollars their proportionate share of the monetized value of the e-metals in their Accounts.‪ ‪ 

The three directors of E-Gold, in addition to its Gold & Silver Reserve parent company, indicted in April 2007 of being a haven for criminal activity like processing investment scams and payments for child pornography on Thursday received their sentences. A federal judge decided on Thursday not to impose a prison sentence on the senior directors of E-Gold. Instead each of them was sentenced to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service with some fees to be paid.

Since the last post on e-gold blog dated by October 19 numerous e-gold users have uploaded the required documents for verifying identity and residential address. However many of them noticed that they still have the following message in their accounts: "Account Status: Spend Access Restricted"