You are right. A lawyer says:ArthurWankspittle wrote:All these actions have been taken by the party themselves, the bank, PayPal, the service provider, etc. They will all have clauses in their contracts saying (in better wording), if we think something dodgy is going on we can suspend/freeze your service/account.
http://www.brettwilson.co.uk/business-c ... -activity/POCA also places positive obligations on the regulated sector to disclose the existence of suspicious transactions to the National Crime Agency ('NCA'). These are known as Suspicious Activity Reports ('SAR's). In such circumstances, a transaction may be delayed (e.g. a bank account frozen/inhibited) whilst the matter is investigated by NCA. As notifying an individual or corporation of a SAR is an offence in its own right, one can be left in the dark and often without access to funds or redress. This can cause significant inconvenience and/or disruption to individuals and businesses and may call for a robust response. In most instances a SAR will be cleared by the NCA, but in some cases it is the precursor to a criminal investigation or an application for a civil recovery order by the NCA. An application for a restraint order or a freezing injunction may promptly follow.