{"id":4817,"date":"2022-01-17T16:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4817"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:14:58","slug":"paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds","title":{"rendered":"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Paypal\" title=\"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds\" class=\"alignright size-medium\"><strong>Summary <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PLON founder Lena Evans leads a class-action lawsuit against PayPal<\/li>\n<li>The online payment service has recently courted controversy for seizing players funds without explanation<\/li>\n<li>Chris Moneymaker previously sued the company for the same reason<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/deposit-options\/paypal\">PayPal<\/a> is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds. The lead plaintiff is <strong>Lena Evans<\/strong>, founder of the world\u2019s largest poker group, the Poker League of Nations (PLON). <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docketalarm.com\/cases\/California_Northern_District_Court\/5--22-cv-00248\/Evans_et_al_v._Paypal_Inc\/1\/\">Evans et al v. Paypal, Inc.<\/a>, filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by Bensamochan Law Firm, and Schreiber &amp; Schreiber in a district court in California, accuses the online payment service of using its User Agreement policies to freeze customer accounts and funds without proper explanation. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"funds-seized-without-valid-reason\">Funds Seized Without Valid Reason<\/h2>\n<p>Evans, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner, claims that in November 2020, PayPal froze her account for six months without prior notice or explanation. The digital payment processor subsequently seized $26,984 in funds and Evans was left hanging in the air as to why it happened. The company was unresponsive to Evans\u2019 emails and calls, and she also was not able to speak with any live representative despite multiple attempts to do so. <\/p>\n<p>Evans, who is also the CEO of poker promotion and marketing company Helix Poker, used PayPal to operate both Helix Poker and PLON and to buy and sell clothes.  <\/p>\n<p>The two other plaintiffs in the suit are <strong>Roni Shemtov<\/strong> and <strong>Shbadan Akylbekov<\/strong> who also used PayPal to run their respective businesses. Shemtov had more than $42,000 of her money seized, while over $172,000 disappeared from Akylbekov\u2019s account for allegedly breaching some portions of PayPal\u2019s User Agreement policies. <\/p>\n<p>The 37-page complaint accuses PayPal of doing illegal transactions and practices that are akin to outright theft. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chris-moneymaker-to-assist-the-plaintiffs\">Chris Moneymaker to Assist the Plaintiffs <\/h2>\n<p>The class-action lawsuit was sparked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/chris-moneymaker-and-david-oppenheim-inducted-into-poker-hall-of-fame\">Chris Moneymaker<\/a> who earlier filed a lawsuit against the company. The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion said PayPal seized over $12,000 from his account without offering him a fair and sensible explanation. He was only told that he violated the company\u2019s terms. Moneymaker used the account for a fantasy football league where he served as treasurer. <\/p>\n<p>Moneymaker sued PayPal and encouraged via Twitter those who may have encountered the same experience to come forward and join him in the legal fight. The online payment company returned Moneymaker\u2019s money just over a week following his tweet. <\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/3 I guess <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PayPal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paypal<\/a> chickened out and gave me my money back when they heard about the lawsuit and backlash. Unfortunately, for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PayPal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paypal<\/a> I have been contact by over 50 people that you have done this too. The lawsuit I am filing will continue!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUYOzsVyRy\">pic.twitter.com\/wUYOzsVyRy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Moneymaker \u2b55 (@CMONEYMAKER) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMONEYMAKER\/status\/1405218054133387268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/americas-cardroom\">Americas Cardroom<\/a> ambassador is not part of the current class-action lawsuit since he already retrieved his money, but Evans said Moneymaker will serve as their advisor in the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary PLON founder Lena Evans leads a class-action lawsuit against PayPal The online payment service has recently courted controversy for seizing players funds without explanation Chris Moneymaker previously sued the company for the same reason PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds. The lead plaintiff is Lena Evans, founder of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,1,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Top 10 Poker Sites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Top-10-Poker-Sites\/100083090271104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-17T16:14:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrian Sterne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdrianSterne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrian Sterne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds\",\"name\":\"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-17T16:14:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-17T16:14:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/845df6bb46bf5c723e7fbfe4aeead0d2\"},\"description\":\"PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 Poker Sites\",\"description\":\"Top 10 Poker Sites\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/845df6bb46bf5c723e7fbfe4aeead0d2\",\"name\":\"Adrian Sterne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f7a1cc3dba77b50b3066739e54abc95?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f7a1cc3dba77b50b3066739e54abc95?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adrian Sterne\"},\"description\":\"Hi, I am the Chief Editor of top10pokersites.net, this site is dedicated to all thing poker. I have been working around the poker industry for the last 15 years, with different brands. The main purpose of this site is to keep you uptodate with the industry and offer you the best deals around.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/top10pokersites.net\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Top-10-Poker-Sites\/100083090271104\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/top10pokersites\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adrian-sterne-523929159\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdrianSterne\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/author\/adrian-sterne\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds","description":"PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds","og_description":"PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds","og_site_name":"Top 10 Poker Sites","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Top-10-Poker-Sites\/100083090271104\/","article_published_time":"2022-01-17T16:14:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg"}],"author":"Adrian Sterne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdrianSterne","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adrian Sterne","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds","url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds","name":"PayPal Hit With Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizures of Poker Player Funds","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-17T16:14:58+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-17T16:14:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/845df6bb46bf5c723e7fbfe4aeead0d2"},"description":"PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly seizing customer funds.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/paypal-hit-with-lawsuit-over-unlawful-seizures-of-poker-player-funds#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paypal.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/","name":"Top 10 Poker Sites","description":"Top 10 Poker Sites","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/845df6bb46bf5c723e7fbfe4aeead0d2","name":"Adrian Sterne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f7a1cc3dba77b50b3066739e54abc95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f7a1cc3dba77b50b3066739e54abc95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adrian Sterne"},"description":"Hi, I am the Chief Editor of top10pokersites.net, this site is dedicated to all thing poker. I have been working around the poker industry for the last 15 years, with different brands. The main purpose of this site is to keep you uptodate with the industry and offer you the best deals around.","sameAs":["https:\/\/top10pokersites.net","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Top-10-Poker-Sites\/100083090271104\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/top10pokersites","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adrian-sterne-523929159","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdrianSterne"],"url":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/author\/adrian-sterne"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}