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Post by avordvet on Aug 2, 2016 4:23:37 GMT -5
Operation Choke Point Is Alive And WellBY Herschel Smith, 1 Aug 2016 This report comes from The Daily Signal. In early June, after Lichterman fought back and went public with his story—accusing the bank of participating in Operation Choke Point tactics by discriminating against him because he sells guns—HomeTrust Bank reversed its policy and offered Lichterman an account. But on June 14, two days after an Islamist-inspired terrorist shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in an attack at an Orlando nightclub, the bank again reversed its policy and told Lichterman he couldn’t use their services without completing an “addendum” demanding more information about his business. The Daily Signal sought comment about this request from HomeTrust Bank via phone and email, but it did not respond. Among other demands, the addendum, which Lichterman provided to The Daily Signal, asks Lichterman to “submit a complete list of all firearms and ammunitions vendors and customers” that he conducts business with. In part, it reads: www.captainsjournal.com/2016/08/01/operation-choke-point-is-alive-and-well-2/
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Post by avordvet on Aug 11, 2016 16:26:12 GMT -5
Wells Fargo Won’t Do Business With Online Knife SellersKelsey Harkness, August 10, 2016 A major knives manufacturer from central California says his company was denied access to an internet payment processing service because they sell weapons online, raising questions about whether an anti-fraud program called Operation Choke Point is continuing to block legal businesses in the firearms and weapons industries from accessing basic banking services. “It was pretty simple and straightforward,” Aaron Hogue, co-owner of Hogue Inc., said of the situation he faced with Wells Fargo bank. “They called my controller, and said, ‘Sorry, but we’re not going to be able to process any credit card transactions for the sale of weapons online.’” “And they specifically said because you guys sell knives,” he added. dailysignal.com/2016/08/10/wells-fargo-tells-knives-dealer-they-dont-provide-service-to-businesses-that-sell-weapons-online/
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