https://boingboing.net/2016/03/30/man-has-his-account-frozen-bec.htmlBruce Francis transferred some money to his dog walker to pay for services to his pit bull, and wrote the dog's name, "Dash," in the notes field.
The processors at Chase Bank thought that Dash might be a sneaky way of spelling Daesh (which is the mocking, insulting nickname used by critics to refer to "ISIS"), decided that this was possible terrorist money-laundering, and stopped the payment, froze his account, and notified the Treasury Department that he was a suspected terrorist.
http://blog.cryptsy.com/Some may ask why we didn’t report this to the authorities when this occurred, and the answer is that we just didn’t know what happened, didn’t want to cause panic, and were unsure who exactly we should be contacting.
Two financially institutes abiding by the exact same rules, laws and guidelines. Chase Bank notified the TD simply because Daesh LOOKS like Dash; Paul Vernon of Cryptsy was unsure who exactly to contract after an over ten million dollar heist he cleverly dubs an
event.
Results: Paul Vernon doesn't report the crime to any 3-LA, but offers up a bounty whereupon NUTTERS come out of the woodwork that Paul's more than happy to work with at first.