Why can't Dwolla send to Mt Gox? I received the following after trying to make a USD deposit to Mt. Gox from Dwolla today.  Does anyone know more information about this or if the court order may apply to other methods of deposit/withdraw?  


  As of 12:13 PM on 5/14/2013: 
  
  You’re receiving this notice because our systems have indicated that
  you’ve processed and completed a real-time Dwolla-to-Dwolla payment to
  Mutum Sigillum LLC (“Mt. Gox”) within the last 24 hours. 
  
  Due to recent court orders received from the Department of Homeland
  Security and U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Dwolla
  is no longer legally able to service Mutum Sigillum LLC’s account. 
  
  This is a courtesy email encouraging you to follow up on any
  uncompleted orders with Mutum Sigillum LLC as Dwolla is now unable to
  move money to and from Mutum Sigillum LLC’s Dwolla account. 
  
  Dwolla is not party to this matter nor does it have any information or
  further insight into the situation. We strongly encourages those with
  questions to contact Mutum Sigillum LLC 
  
  Note: Dwolla requires a court order before honoring requests such as
  seizing funds or revoking access to an account. 
  
  On behalf of Dwolla, we apologize for this inconvenience.




UPDATE:

Here's what I got back thus far after contacting Mt. Gox to ask about the situation. Looks like they will make a formal announcement about it:  


  Hello,
  
  Thank you for the email. We can see that the Dwolla transactions are
  not getting processed right now. We will contact Dwolla and post an
  announcement regarding this. Your patience is appreciated till then.
  
  Thanks, MtGox.com Team



Update 2:

The balance that I transferred in on the morning of 05/14 was added to my MtGox account that evening, so it appears they are still honoring the transfers that went through before the lockdown.


Update 3:

Here's the current statement from Mt. Gox (still waiting for the real reason for the court order):


  TOKYO - JAPAN - May 15, 2013 
  
  MtGox has read on the Internet that the United States Department of Homeland Security had a court order and/or warrant issued from the United States District Court in Maryland which it served upon the Dwolla mobile payment service with respect to accounts used for trading with MtGox. MtGox takes this information seriously. However, as of this time MtGox has not been provided with a copy of the court order and/or warrant and does not know its scope and/or the reasons for its issuance. MtGox is investigating and will provide further reports when additional information becomes known.
  
  Regards
  Mt.Gox Co. Ltd Team.
Mutum Sigillum LLC was the legal entity that Mt. Gox used for transferring funds using account-to-account transfers and for adding to (and withdrawing from) their account using bank funds.

Mutum Sigillum LLC is not registered as a money transmitter in any states.

It may not even be registered as a Money Service Business (MSB) through FinCEN.

FinCEN provided guidance that those exchanging "virtual currencies" (which they misapply, but intend to refer also to Bitcoin) for dollars are money transmitters and required to register.

This action by the DHS may be related to that.

Or it could be related to the Bitcoinica lawsuit in which Mt. Gox is holding funds of Bitcoinica customers that the court-appointed liquidator in New Zealand has requested access to.

Or it could be related to any number of additional factors, including a single illicit transaction in which the funds traveled through Mt. Gox, who knows.