Yes. The court expects to know about how much money you have, so he can set bail high enough that you are quite sure to appear. First he has to decide you aren't a danger or a flight risk - if you are either of those, no bail. Then, if you have few financial resources, low bail; if you are wealthy, high bail.
I figured the passport issue would be easily explained. The Paypal, maybe not so much.
Unless you’ve had a long standing account, where these kinds of transactions are typical, Paypal can, and does limit when and how much is transfered. They can hold funds for 30 days.
It’s entirely possible there may have been $135k in the account, on the day of the bail hearing, with George having access to only a fraction of the funds.
Thanks for the response.
Seems like an odd way to do things...but the judicial system is odd I guess.