[Leica] No cheques on eBay

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Robert,

In fact, I believe they automatically do things like that. Once my paypal 
income from various ebay sales went over $10'000 within a few months, and 
they froze my account for a few hours or one day, for any activity (though 
the money was already loaded down to my bank account). They notified me that 
they would be forced by law to check my sales activities, I guess mainly 
because of money laundry activities. I do not remember whether this was the 
law of my country or of paypal's princinpal office (which is Singapore).

But any bank, except from Switzerland ;-), Liechtenstein, Monaco and some 
off-shore islands, would do exactly the same, so there's no difference to 
paypal. 

Didier


>Should any government entity be interested in acquiering personal info from 
>you because they simply suspect, for example, money laundry activity, eBay 
>or Paypal will gladly roll out the red carpet, without notifying you, and 
>give them any personal info they seek.  
>Electrons leave traces, like this very email...
>Best,
>Robert (Un chevalier sans blason)