Operation Choke Point- DOJ Forcing Banks to Terminate the Accounts of Porn Stars?

Geaux4it

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More government overreach. When oh when will the government gtf out of our lives

-Geaux

This past Monday, porn star Teagan Presley arrived home in Las Vegas from yet another whirlwind strip club appearance tour and found a letter from her bank.

Chase was closing her account, which was listed under her legal name, as well as the account of her husband.

When Presley went to the bank in person to ask why, she was told it’s because she’s considered “high risk.”

“And then they told me that they canceled my husband’s account too, because our social security numbers are linked,” Presley told VICE News. “They told him that it was because I’m a notorious adult star. Which is funny, because I’m kind of a goody-goody in the business, and I’m not even doing porn anymore.”

“Operation Choke Point is asking banks to identify customers who may be breaking the law or simply doing something government officials don’t like,” Keating wrote. “Banks must then ‘choke off’ those customers’ access to financial services, shutting down their accounts.”

Keating said the highly secretive operation was launched in early 2013. That’s when porn stars started to complain to the media that their bank accounts were being shut down without explanation.


https://news.vice.com/articles/is-the-doj-forcing-banks-to-terminate-the-accounts-of-porn-stars
 
I saw this and thought it MUST be a hoax. I was wrong. WTF?


Last week it was revealed that Chase Bank made the decision to cancel hundreds of accounts belonging to porn performers, at least one of which was a personal account belonging to a retired performer. This isn't the first time that a bank has apparently chosen to close an account for moral reasons – in the past, I've had work accounts shuttered by Chase, and have heard similar stories from others in the adult industry about Chase and other banks – but it is the first time that a bank has apparently made the decision to cancel adult accounts en masse.



Frank Keating: Justice Puts Banks in a Choke Hold - WSJ.com


Is porn really so 'high risk' that porn stars shouldn't have bank accounts? | Lux Alptraum | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Chase Bank Slams the Door on More Porn Stars - XBIZ.com

I have thought of several smart ass replies which will probably go over like a lead balloon.
 
CaféAuLait;9024418 said:
I saw this and thought it MUST be a hoax. I was wrong. WTF?


Last week it was revealed that Chase Bank made the decision to cancel hundreds of accounts belonging to porn performers, at least one of which was a personal account belonging to a retired performer. This isn't the first time that a bank has apparently chosen to close an account for moral reasons – in the past, I've had work accounts shuttered by Chase, and have heard similar stories from others in the adult industry about Chase and other banks – but it is the first time that a bank has apparently made the decision to cancel adult accounts en masse.



Frank Keating: Justice Puts Banks in a Choke Hold - WSJ.com


Is porn really so 'high risk' that porn stars shouldn't have bank accounts? | Lux Alptraum | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Chase Bank Slams the Door on More Porn Stars - XBIZ.com

I have thought of several smart ass replies which will probably go over like a lead balloon.

Yep, but we will hear- 'Who cares' from the nut-jobs on the left who want the government involved in every aspect of their lives

-Geaux
 
Hitler and Stalin started the same way too, the same degree of control over their people
 
CaféAuLait;9024418 said:
I saw this and thought it MUST be a hoax. I was wrong. WTF?


Last week it was revealed that Chase Bank made the decision to cancel hundreds of accounts belonging to porn performers, at least one of which was a personal account belonging to a retired performer. This isn't the first time that a bank has apparently chosen to close an account for moral reasons – in the past, I've had work accounts shuttered by Chase, and have heard similar stories from others in the adult industry about Chase and other banks – but it is the first time that a bank has apparently made the decision to cancel adult accounts en masse.



Frank Keating: Justice Puts Banks in a Choke Hold - WSJ.com


Is porn really so 'high risk' that porn stars shouldn't have bank accounts? | Lux Alptraum | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Chase Bank Slams the Door on More Porn Stars - XBIZ.com

I have thought of several smart ass replies which will probably go over like a lead balloon.

Yep, but we will hear- 'Who cares' from the nut-jobs on the left who want the government involved in every aspect of their lives

-Geaux

Have I missed something, is making porn illegal now? Why porn stars? What's next, single mother strippers?
 
Our Progressives Founding Fathers fought the British so we could install an oppressive government like Mao's China, Stalin's USSR or Hitler's Germany
 
Why should we expect, or want, the government so involved with our personal lives?

Now they want to give you an online ID, but its not for voting

-Geaux

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Call It Your Online Driver’s License

Consumers who still pay bills via snail mail. Hospitals leery of making treatment records available online to their patients. Some state motor vehicle registries that require car owners to appear in person — or to mail back license plates — in order to transfer vehicle ownership.

But the White House is out to fight cyberphobia with an initiative intended to bolster confidence in e-commerce.

The plan, called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and introduced earlier this year, encourages the private-sector development and public adoption of online user authentication systems. Think of it as a driver’s license for the Internet. The idea is that if people have a simple, easy way to prove who they are online with more than a flimsy password, they’ll naturally do more business on the Web.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/business/online-id-verification-plan-carries-risks.html?_r=0
 
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