CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA — Without explanation, JPMorgan Chase Bank has shut down the accounts of Dr. Joseph Mercola’s company – as well as the personal accounts of the CEO, CFO and their families, including children.
Chase bank has shut down our business bank accounts along with the accounts of my CEO and CFO, as well as their family members (including spouse and child). They've refused to provide any reason for doing so, the oldest account has been active for 18 years.…
— Dr. Joseph Mercola (@mercola) July 25, 2023
Dr. Mercola has long been critical of the official pandemic narrative and has published these reflections on his web page. At one time, he took some material down which led to speculations that he had been threatened.
Steve Rye, CEO of Mercola’s company Mercola Markets, tells The Florida Standard that Mercola’s name was included in the Twitter Files – and that the Biden administration has tried to suppress him in a multitude of ways.
“It’s bad enough to go after the company and Dr. Mercola. But now they have taken my personal account, my wife’s account and even our CFO’s son’s account. And they won’t tell us why we’re being targeted,” Rye says.
“It’s bad enough to go after the company and Dr. Mercola. But now they have taken my personal account, my wife’s account and my son’s account. And they won’t tell us why we’re being targeted,” Rye says.
Rye sent The Florida Standard a voicemail from his personal banker, who stated that the reason for closing the accounts cannot be disclosed “for legal reasons.”
“It seems what we are experiencing is what’s being called the social credit system. If you can have financial institutions in this country go against the First Amendment, what are you going to do? And where are we going after this – are they going to deny people food, are people going to starve?” Steve Rye asks.
Rye said that the CFO of Mercola Markets, Amalia Legaspi, also had her accounts shut down – including her son, who was saving up for college.
After Dr. Mercola tweeted about the shutdown of his and his employees’ accounts, several people chimed in to tell similar stories.
Malik Obama, the former president’s brother, stated: “They can do that.
@PNCBank did that to me. Boom! Just like that.”
Political commentator Bill Mitchell wrote: “Chase also shut down my business accounts. I had never had an issue, never an overdraft and no suspicious activity. Bank of America and Wells Fargo did the same. They refuse to provide any reason and are quite rude and obnoxious. I had been with Wells Fargo for 20 years and they shut me down without warning. The WORST part of this shut down is that they will FREEZE YOUR FUNDS for a month while they ‘sort things out.’ Imagine being denied your money for no reason for a month? Rent due? Car payments? Groceries? They don't care.”
