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Paypal Charged Under PATRIOT Act

Posted by Hemos on from the fighting-them-man dept.

A reader writes: "Yahoo has the story: Paypal has been charged under the PATRIOT act for accepting and profiting from transactions with illegal gambling sites. According to their new rules they will no longer allow gambling payments due to the higher chargeback risk. It's good to see them charged for something, even if they have never had to atone for the thousands of customer dollars they have stolen." I know of a number people who've had problems, but I will say that I've had no problems with PayPal - on both my personal account and on the Subscription side of things.

2 of 281 comments (clear)

  1. Re:oh yea.. by Merk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Regin of terror? What's that? Do you mean Reagan? I wouldn't exactly associate his term in office with terror, although perhaps it was terrible at times.

    Or perhaps you mean the Region of terror? Hmm, where is that exactly, Afghanistan? Iraq? The USA?

  2. Re:PATRIOT Act? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sir, did you read the article?

    Nowhere does it mention terrorist groups. It mentions that Paypal facilitated the transfer of funds linked to illegal activities -- in this case, gambling.

    Nice troll.

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"