Will I be detained if my foreign trade payment bank card is frozen? What is the reason for the freeze?

Merchants doing foreign trade business will have relevant trade exchanges with foreign countries. Therefore, if foreign trade enterprises receive payments from customers, they need to have a foreign trade collection account. Will they be detained if the foreign trade collection bank card is frozen?

It is possible

1. What is the reason for freezing the bank card for foreign trade?

If the bank card used to collect customer payments is frozen, it may be that the bank card account is suspected of being involved in fraud. Once the public security agency determines that the bank account is suspected of fraud, or if a citizen goes to the public security agency to handle it, the public security agency will notify the bank to freeze the bank card. And if the bank card is involved in illegal activities such as money laundering, the bank will also freeze the bank card.

Because the foreign trade industry conducts trade with foreign countries, sometimes US dollars are not collected through formal channels, but the currency is converted through relevant agents. If the agent uses illegal means, the bank card used to collect customer payments will be frozen.

2. Will the public security authorities detain me if my foreign trade bank card is frozen?

In fact, if a bank card is frozen by the public security authorities, there is a risk of detention or criminal prosecution.

From a legal perspective, if the funds in a bank card are from a legal source and there is evidence to prove it, no matter if the public security organs proactively contact the cardholder for investigation, or the cardholder proactively goes to the public security organs to cooperate, there will be no situation of being "caught" or being involved in a criminal case/having a criminal record.

If the cardholder himself borrows or sells the card, or is suspected of assisting in information network criminal activities, or participates in fraudulent activities, or organizes/opens/acts as an agent for an online gambling platform, or engages in online order-swiping, or helps criminal teams to launder money, or is suspected of concealing or hiding criminal proceeds or profits from criminal proceeds, or engages in illegal business operations, etc., he is very likely to be detained by the public security organs or subject to other criminal measures.

Generally speaking, if your bank card for foreign trade payment is frozen, you may be detained. However, if the public security authorities find that you are not involved in fraud or illegal activities, they will unfreeze your account.