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U.S. military expert de-banked

Scott Ritters says he is de-banked.
Image – @Partisan_12, X.

Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector, says his bank abruptly terminated its relationship with him and emptied his accounts, a move he believes may be linked to federal authorities.

Writing on his website Ritter said Citizens Bank, where he had held accounts for 26 years, informed him it was ending services without providing a reason.

“Today my banking institution of 26 years… declared that they were ending their banking relationship with me,” he wrote, adding that his accounts were “zeroed out without explanation.”

While acknowledging the decision could have been a routine de-risking measure, Ritter said it “does not preclude federal involvement,” pointing to a grand jury empanelled in August 2024 in New York examining possible Foreign Agents Registration Act violations.

He said investigators already had access to his financial records through subpoenas and suggested that an FBI tip may have led the bank to file a suspicious activity report. Ritter said donations and large cash withdrawals ahead of three trips to Russia in 2025 may have triggered scrutiny, noting he carried cash because Russia is “disconnected from the Western digital economy.”



He described “de-banking” as a form of harassment “even in the absence of evidence pointing to any criminal activity,” and linked it to earlier actions against him, including the seizure of his passport and an FBI search of his home, which he has described as intimidation related to his journalistic work.

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10 COMMENTS

  1. Why are we not surprised?
    This is an indicator of the type of scum you are dealing with and the levels they will stoop to in order to gag free speech and liberty
    Which does not suit their agenda nor narrative
    Scott has been very sharp lately
    In completely accurate over the target appraisals of what is really going on behind the mantra of organized MSM fakes news comprised of lies distortion and spin
    Scurrilous despicable actions by a to be despised criminal mafia banking cabal of fraudsters

  2. Typically, banks send out a cheque or transfer the balance to another account the customer designates.
    The customer may feel “emptied” because the accounts show a zero balance after closure, even though the funds are being returned.

  3. Predictable since they don’t have Nazi style hate speech laws, to shut him up with. This is why we don’t want digital currency, where banksters and their government collaborators, can simply cancel people.

  4. Anyway, banksvare no ” safeplace ” to keep yourvmoney nowdays
    Keep some cash home and buy gold and silver . Silver being still affordable

    The price of precious metal are high but are going up anyway.

    Watch video lynette zang….

  5. The harassment that Ritter and his Russian-born wife and their daughters have suffered over 34 years is disgusting!
    My understanding is that hundreds of thousands of people who viewed the videos have contacted their Senators and Members of the House demanding that such practices stop!
    It is the ‘mid-term’ (s)elections, so we’ll see.
    Many Americans who had controversial run-ins and later challenged the U.S. Government also suffered prolonged harassment.
    Those Americans later packed-up and left the ‘Good Ol’ U-S-of-A’ and sought out nations that do not have an extradition agreement with the U.S.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXR9PByA9SY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT2Z4HMsO14
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id9aTWRT7gY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db4PHpXcKJU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqys1zrXv0
    But now, the FBI is IN NEW ZEALAND!! One of the most oppressive organisations in the world is now HERE, and needs to be booted-out of New Zealand!
    Voting for the NZ Loyal Party or possibly even the Outdoors & Freedom Party could send this criminal organisation packing!
    There are many, many Scott Ritters in the U.S. who have been blacklisted, harassed, arrested, framed, & murdered etc. by the FBI and other ‘Alphabet Ahencies’ who stage such scenarios!
    And these were all trained by the Israelis!!
    If you see a Yank or hear a North American accent here in Aotearoa, you should know that they may be here to escape American Tyranny!

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