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by pyre 4764 days ago
It sounds like they are voluntarily suspending service until this is sorted out. Virginia has given them 30 days to explain why they think this doesn't apply to them.
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"Voluntarily"? They feel the risk of their property being seized and owners brought to court.

It would be "voluntarily" if their customers did not like their affairs and they risked losing customers. And customers are never going to put a gun to your head. They just go away.

  | They feel the risk of their property being
  | seized and owners brought to court.
It sounds more like they are already at risk of this. Voluntarily suspending operation until things are sorted out, is more of a show of good faith that they are willing to play ball and sort things out.
> Voluntarily suspending operation

Something is voluntary only if there's no threat of force behind it.

Voluntary: acting or done without compulsion or obligation.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/voluntary

This does not make situation any more "voluntary" then.
"The commission has formally stated that unless exempt from licensing we must stop further activity until such time as we apply for and obtain a Money Transmitter license."