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According to a recent Fox News report, Bank of America secretly turned over hundreds of its customers’ personal data to the federal government following the unrest at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The targeted customers included those who made purchases at “weapons-related merchants” in early January.
The report suggested the nation’s second largest bank turned the private information over voluntarily rather than in response to a subpoena.
Bank of America’s willing collaboration with federal law enforcement at the expense of its customers highlights the broad threat posed by those that would commandeer ostensibly private banks and payment processors to undermine Second Amendment rights.
According to Fox, at the behest of federal investigators, Bank of America swept its transaction records for individuals who met the following criteria:
1. Customers confirmed as transacting, either through bank account debit card or credit card purchases in Washington, D.C. between Jan. 5 and 6.
2. Purchases made for Hotel/Airbnb RSVPs in DC, VA, and MD after Jan. 6.
3. Any purchase of weapons or at a weapons-related merchant between Jan.7 and their upcoming suspected stay in D.C. area around Inauguration Day.
4. Airline related purchases since Jan. 6.
This resulted in the identification of 211 Bank of America customers, whose data was then turned over to the federal government without their knowledge.
Federal law explicitly prohibits the federal government from compiling certain data on gun owners.
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