HSBC bank says: pokah be illegal

[meleader2]

i told my friend that his card will work on UB, he just has to call it in. he attempts it, and UB tells him it was declined, his bank is HSBC.

today he calls me, and is a very good friend of mine so i believe his words 100%, and the person on the other end of the phone was HSBC bank telling him they put a hold on his card and asked if he had attempted to deposit money on a poker site. he said yes, he's sorry, he didn't know it was illegal. they took the hold off his card and said:

"yes. playing poker in the united states online is against the law and punishable by law. if you try this again we're revoking your card."

what. the. [censored].