Poker Pro Lena Evans Is a Part of a Class-Action Lawsuit against PayPal

Philanthropist, professional poker player and two-time WSOP Circuit Ring winner Lena Evans is part of a Lawsuit against digital payment company PayPal. Last week, Law firm Bensamochan filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California, USA.

The plaintiffs are attempting to recover confiscated funds from PayPal and are filing a lawsuit

The lawsuit comes after the digital giant allegedly seized funds from Evans, as well as two other plaintiffs. This emerges from the 37-page court document PayPal has frozen around $26,984 from Evans PayPal account. On the other hand, Roni Shemtov, the second plaintiff had some Seized $42,737 from his PayPal account. The third plaintiff Shbadan Akylbekov, would have $172,206 seized from his account.

“This action follows the defendant’s widespread business practice of unilaterally seizing funds from its customers’ financial accounts without cause and without due or fair process.”

reads class action lawsuit filed by law firm Bensamochan

Evans claims she used her PayPal account to help her operate Poker League of Nations (PLO). PLO is actually the world’s largest women’s poker organization and was founded by Evans. The first seizure of funds, according to the lawsuit, occurred on November 22, 2020, when Evans learned that her PayPal account was suspended. Then, in May 2021, she understood PayPal had seized $26,984 from her account without notifying her. According to the court document, despite multiple attempts to contact PayPal, Evans was unable to reach a living individual to discuss the issue.

Lawsuit claims PayPal ‘shoots first, asks questions later’

The lawsuit as that confiscation of funds as unlawful. It describes PayPal’s alleged violations of its Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which led to the seizure of funds, but the plaintiffs did not receive a copy of the AUP when they started using the platform. In addition, the court document alleges that PayPal seized the funds “without first obtaining a conclusive finding of actual violations by users of the AUP” and without conducting an investigation to reconfirm whether there were any violations.

The plaintiffs alleged that PayPal accepted a Policy described as “shoot first and ask questions later.” Alleged violations of the Federal RICO Act, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, breaches of contract and other violations, plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit is attempting to reclaim three times the amount confiscated from the digital payment company.

The lawsuit was filed against @PayPal. It’s amazing what they try to do to people. #Thieves

— Chris Moneymaker ⭕ (@CMONEYMAKER) January 14, 2022

This isn’t the first time PayPal has confiscated money from a famous poker player. Indeed, last year in June, Chris Geldmacher, a poker pro and Poker Hall of Famer, announced on Twitter that he had confiscated $12,000 from PayPal. Although he had plans to sue, nothing happened after 10 days his money was returned to his account.

In a statement on Twitter Jan. 14, Moneymaker acknowledged that a lawsuit had been filed against PayPal. Add #thieves He stressed, “It’s amazing what they’re trying to do to people.”

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