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Revolut also block the accounts of members of a certain political party ("PSD") in Romania, "blocking" (stealing) their money, but only if customers admit to be

Revolut also block the accounts of members of a certain political party ("PSD") in Romania, "blocking" (stealing) their money, but only if customers admit to being a socialist party member. Here's a screenshot with the questions https://universul.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/revolut-psd-teleorman-576x1024.jpg https://universul.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/revolut-psd... Transcripted from the Revolut app: Have you ever held any of the following positions? Select all that apply - Member - Specialized Commission for Local Government, Legal, Defence, Public Order, Rights and Freedoms of Citizens - Councilor - Teleorman County Council (as of July 2012) - Member - Partidului Social Democrat (PSD) - None of these apply

bad_user 7y ago
PSD is a populist party of crooks, mobsters and money launderers. With knowledge of what goes on with PSD in Romania, I would probably deny doing business with them too.
nottorp 7y ago
Lol that's not a socialist party, it's a criminal organization. The specific reference to Teleorman is probably because of the ongoing EU investigation concerning fraud with european funds. Considering they're extremely overzealous with money laundering related freezes, it makes sense for them to avoid doing bussiness with the mob in the first place.
Angostura 7y ago
For context https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Roman...
KptMarchewa 7y ago
That's due to PEP regulations.
- randunel 7y ago
  So members of the other 20-30 parties are not PEP? What about councillors of other counties, would they not be PEP? Specific organisations were targeted.
  - KptMarchewa 7y ago
    Maybe data of this guy was matched with data provided by some external screening provider with the data of a politician? What's the point of asking them if they were a member of some other party if they only expect him to be a member of that specific one.

bad_user 7y ago

PSD is a populist party of crooks, mobsters and money launderers. With knowledge of what goes on with PSD in Romania, I would probably deny doing business with them too.

nottorp 7y ago

Lol that's not a socialist party, it's a criminal organization. The specific reference to Teleorman is probably because of the ongoing EU investigation concerning fraud with european funds. Considering they're extremely overzealous with money laundering related freezes, it makes sense for them to avoid doing bussiness with the mob in the first place.

Angostura 7y ago

For context https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Roman...

KptMarchewa 7y ago

That's due to PEP regulations.

randunel 7y ago
So members of the other 20-30 parties are not PEP? What about councillors of other counties, would they not be PEP? Specific organisations were targeted.
- KptMarchewa 7y ago
  Maybe data of this guy was matched with data provided by some external screening provider with the data of a politician? What's the point of asking them if they were a member of some other party if they only expect him to be a member of that specific one.