It may be related to a general policy of burning grey market businesses that has been going on for a decade or so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke

It may be related to a general policy of burning grey market businesses that has been going on for a decade or so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point While I don't know what the incentives are for payment processors, they act as though they are under a quota, similar to SARs in banks, where it's mainly about showing they are getting petty crime as a means to protect their interest in partnership level crime.