BREAKING NEWS: Possible Confirmation of US DOJ Investigation into Payza / Obopay

According to PatrickPretty.com, one of their sharp-eyed readers tipped them off as the the following developement:

Which reads:

If you have questions or concerns about your Obopay or Payza account, please call 202-252-1903 and leave your name and contact information.  Someone will return your call within 3 business days.

UPDATED NEWS: Payza funds in US frozen by Department of Homeland Security? Or Not?

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Official Signature Websafe Colors (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to Ultralight Financial Services (ultralightfs.com), aka Obopay's homepage, funds that originally belonged to Payza (i.e. MH Pillars, who bought out AlertPay earlier) was frozen by Department of Homeland Security.

EDIT: Some updated info regarding Obopay. Please click "continued" and see the UPDATE section.

Those who play in HYIP or suspect Ponzi scheme circles should be familiar with Payza, because Payza doesn't have the restrictions of Paypal (no HYIP, no get rich quick schemes, etc.). With closing of Liberty Reserve earlier (and guilty plea by one of the co-owners not long ago) Payza had inherited the "Dark Paypal" moniker from Liberty Reserve.

Several suspect Ponzi schemes (they call themselves "income systems" or "rev share systems" or such) are definitely using Payza. Though some European firms prefer the Russian version.

However, Payza does not have license to transmit money in the US, so it has an exchange agreement with Obopay (i.e. Ultralight Financial Services) which has such license.

And now Payza US funds are frozen. Not seized, mind you, merely frozen. ALL OF IT, millions of dollars.

This apparently was noticed days ago, when Payza started notifying their US customers that they cannot get through to Obopay to pay people in the US, and they will have to start legal action against Obopay.

Then suddenly the notice on Obopay's home website appeared... Assets frozen.

It's suddenly very clear that Obopay was under a gag order... They are NOT to reveal what's going on with Payza's account... Until they are allowed to say so... and it's clear that DHS now has a full record of who got / sent how much Payza money via Obopay to / from whom.

While no reason was given by Obopay, one can easily surmise the reason had everything to do with money laundering... the same reason Liberty Reserve was shut down.

And speculations are running wild.

BREAKING NEWS: Money Laundering Investigations Continue After Liberty Reserve Takedown

Multiple reports out of Asia revealed that more governments are following the US lead in investigating Liberty Reserve and their "local" exchanges feeding the global money laundering operation.

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security just announced that they will be investigating the Vietnamese company that acted as Liberty Reserve's exchange agent in the region. According to the spokesman, the investigation had started long time ago when requested by both US and Turkish police into money transferred as part of online extortion scheme.

http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/10230/vietnam-to-probe-possible-laundering-in-virtual-currency-case

Over in Hong Kong, Chinese banks named as holding Liberty Reserve money are busy checking their own records and making sure they are properly covered. South China Sea News has discovered that one of the accounts was held through multiple shell companies.

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1250938/liberty-reserve-tied-hong-kong-china