I'm wondering if they could pull the same shitty here. Considering that any bank, which freezes your account, doesn't provide you with any reason and actually refuses to talk to you may draw quite some ire from their respecive regulator.
One instance from search: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/feb/03/natwest-closed...
You’ve been a loyal customer for years, but then a letter arrives saying your bank has decided it will shut your accounts, and you will have to take your business elsewhere. No reason is given and the decision is final.
So, yeah; a bank can get rid of you for any and no reason at all. But they can't just keep your money and stop talking to you.
That's nothing really new. Ask any American citizen trying to open an account abroad. They may be having an unusual hard time thanks to FATCA.[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance...
It might seem like the bank is "judge, jury, and executioner" but that's really not the case. In addition to freezing your funds the bank has to alert the federal government of the account. The government then decides whether to move forward and try to seize the funds or whether the bank can release them to the account owner.
Try add the word Bet next time in the transfer's detail...