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Boris Johnson’s brother-in-law ‘blocked from changing cash abroad’ amid bank blacklist row
Telegraph ^ | July 6 | Telegraph

Posted on 07/06/2023 2:14:59 AM PDT by RandFan

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To: Samurai_Jack

homeland security is really set up for you not for threats abroad


21 posted on 07/06/2023 4:04:50 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: RandFan
Nigel Farage - one of the best known anti-EU advocates in the UK - was recently de-banked.

His bank claimed - AFTER the fact - that Farage did not meet the minimum deposit requirements (several million Pounds).

His bank also claimed that Farage was offered a new account - also AFTER the de-banking had become international news.

Farage said he had a bank account there for 40 years, and the subject of a minimum deposit had never been raised.

Nine different UK banks refused to do business with Farage. All of them claimed he was a PEP - Politically Exposed Person - which created extra costs for the bank that could not be recovered.

22 posted on 07/06/2023 4:30:34 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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I think the bank term Politically Exposed Person (PEP) is code for potential deadbeat that can hide behind political power.

The specific PEP may have done nothing wrong but their peers have and the bank isn't going to lose money dealing with them.

There's a video online of a speech exposing the number of congresscritters who can't get a credit card because of so many unpaid debts.

23 posted on 07/06/2023 5:13:39 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Yes, seems to be a political and inbred-family issue. Members of Congress will be our American victims of this. I’ve found overseas you can get better exchange rates on the street and not at the airports. Never had to fill out forms to exchange currency. Has that now changed? I suspect, luke with Farage, there is much more to the story. In Farage’s case, it’s not that he can’t open an account, his account was downgraded because he no longer kept the minimum required for an elite, privileged account. In other words, he is running out of money and is at risk of becoming a debtor.


24 posted on 07/06/2023 5:55:43 AM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: Pontiac

PRODUCTIVE people need to go on strike.


25 posted on 07/06/2023 6:03:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: RandFan

One of the BENEFITS of a Multi-Polar World (meaning that the Neocons are STOPPED) will be the inability of the Left to do this crap to people who they don’t like, at least in countries that are independent of the Globalists (which would likely be most of the world).


26 posted on 07/06/2023 6:03:35 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: fruser1

“ Best to make sure you have plenty of ammunition before being cut off.”

My thoughts exactly. This may be the breaking point. I know I will not live in forced squalor while those causing all the problems live in luxury. They know they have to disarm us to fully implement their plan.


27 posted on 07/06/2023 6:07:10 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: T.B. Yoits

There’s a G7 international group (Financial Action Task Force) that is increasingly giving a hard time to certain politically-active individuals by designating them “politically exposed persons”. They are the source of the term, and it’s they who can put you on a blacklist that will make banks unwilling to associate with you.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4165851/posts?page=29#29


28 posted on 07/06/2023 6:16:33 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: Samurai_Jack

“I think that they created these tools after 9/11 to track, catch and defund terrorists. Those tools are now being used against opponents of the communist agenda.”

Right. It was one more perk the bad guys were awarded thanks to 9/11 (evil begets more evil).... and this discrimination and tyranny is leading to the Mark of the Beast scenario...where “certain people” will be persecuted and unable to function in society if they are not on board with the official leftist (demonic) agenda. It’s already starting under the commie left.


29 posted on 07/06/2023 8:15:20 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: kiryandil
"Crocodile Dundee is gonna have to change his name to AussieFag Dundee."
Wasn't the original Crocodile Dundee killed by the Aussi government? Something about not surrendering a rifle? I forget the details.
30 posted on 07/06/2023 8:27:26 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: ridesthemiles

Ala Atlas Shrugged?


31 posted on 07/06/2023 9:32:49 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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