Complaint Review: Bank Of America - Ocala, Florida

BOA needs a court order to fork out any money from the accounts you mentioned. They can't just give back to you. They would need something in writing from the government. It would be different if you had put this on a charge card (a big purchase I know) but you could have filed a dispute and they could have drawn back the funds. You mentioned that that had done this previously and that they had several complaints on file. Could be the government is just building more charges on? I guess if you wanted to you could check into having the bank investigated for money laundering (maybe check with an attorney on that). But the best anyone could do then was seize the assets in the account, not necessarily giving back the money until after a court case was involved. Then they could always open other accounts under other names and do the same thing.

BOA needs a court order to fork out any money from the accounts you mentioned. They can't just give back to you. They would need something in writing from the government. It would be different if you had put this on a charge card (a big purchase I know) but you could have filed a dispute and they could have drawn back the funds. You mentioned that that had done this previously and that they had several complaints on file. Could be the government is just building more charges on? I guess if you wanted to you could check into having the bank investigated for money laundering (maybe check with an attorney on that). But the best anyone could do then was seize the assets in the account, not necessarily giving back the money until after a court case was involved. Then they could always open other accounts under other names and do the same thing.

BOA needs a court order to fork out any money from the accounts you mentioned. They can't just give back to you. They would need something in writing from the government. It would be different if you had put this on a charge card (a big purchase I know) but you could have filed a dispute and they could have drawn back the funds. You mentioned that that had done this previously and that they had several complaints on file. Could be the government is just building more charges on? I guess if you wanted to you could check into having the bank investigated for money laundering (maybe check with an attorney on that). But the best anyone could do then was seize the assets in the account, not necessarily giving back the money until after a court case was involved. Then they could always open other accounts under other names and do the same thing.

BOA needs a court order to fork out any money from the accounts you mentioned. They can't just give back to you. They would need something in writing from the government. It would be different if you had put this on a charge card (a big purchase I know) but you could have filed a dispute and they could have drawn back the funds. You mentioned that that had done this previously and that they had several complaints on file. Could be the government is just building more charges on? I guess if you wanted to you could check into having the bank investigated for money laundering (maybe check with an attorney on that). But the best anyone could do then was seize the assets in the account, not necessarily giving back the money until after a court case was involved. Then they could always open other accounts under other names and do the same thing.

The bank, police departments, DA's office, FBI, and Postal inspector all have been given reports. To date, Trina and her husband Rick still walk free. Please understand that many of the over 70 people she has scammed also have filed reports, taken her to small claims, and contacted Bank of America. Trina still maintains an account at Bank of America, where she keeps the money from these scams. Bank of America refuses to do anything. Bank of America has been written letters prior to my letter by other victims. They already know she has ripped off other people. Bank of America is a poor banking example of allowing this woman to continue her scam while turning a blind eye so that they can store and use her money. You do the math and count 70 victims and $2,500.00 to $7,500.00 per horse per victim. Lets give an average of $3500.00 per horse and the total is $245,000.00 as a conservative number. There are over 20 lawsuits that were awarded to other victims by our legal system and Trina has not paid a dime. (I have a list of lawsuits that an attorney has found and sent to me through a court document search of Trina Kenney and Rick Kenney.) Equine.com, Agdirect.com, dreamhorse.com, and other websites monitor their website and after it was reported that this woman scammed people for horses and took their money have taken steps to blcok her from continuing to post ads. They have also put up warnings to inform potential victims how to protect themselves. Bank of America has done nothing. So please do not tell me that it is the sole responsibility of just the police departments, remember they also have to content with violent crimes, abusive calls and one woman scamming a few thousand dollars from a person is low on their priority list. I know that sounds horrible, but those are the facts.

Have you filed an official police report in Ocala and in California?? If so provide the bank fraud department with a copy of the police reports as well as other info such as return receipts copies of the check etc..... The bank will not take any action without an official record. You may have to get an attorney to sue Trina and her husband as well as pressing criminal charges. The fraud protection they are talking about is if you had provided Trina and her husband with your checking account info and they falsely removed money directly. You can probably check with the FBI or Customs to see if mail fraud applies as well.

This still isn't the bank's fault. It is a CIVIL or CRIMINAL matter, and needs to be treated as such. You were taken by a scam artist. The check wasn't stolen. You sent a check to a phony individiual, made out to a phony company. Somewhere on B of A's books, there is a company by that name attached to Trina Kenney's bank account, or they couldn't cash the check in the first place. I sold a car, was paid with a B of A cashier's check, and I still had to jump thru hoops to get the check cashed... So, you should be checking into the business name with B of A, first of all, and letting them know that their customer is a scam artist. This won't get your money back, but it may stop them from doing this again. Secondly, you need to get the police to file charges against these people.

The check was mailed to Sarah Lorenza, and made payable to Prestige Distribution. There is no such person as Sarah Lorenza or a business known as Prestige Distribution. Each detective and police officer I spoke with, both here and in California, all said the same thing, that the check would be reimbursed by Bank of America because it was fraud. Thank You.

The check was mailed to Sarah Lorenza, and made payable to Prestige Distribution. There is no such person as Sarah Lorenza or a business known as Prestige Distribution. Each detective and police officer I spoke with, both here and in California, all said the same thing, that the check would be reimbursed by Bank of America because it was fraud. Thank You.

The check was mailed to Sarah Lorenza, and made payable to Prestige Distribution. There is no such person as Sarah Lorenza or a business known as Prestige Distribution. Each detective and police officer I spoke with, both here and in California, all said the same thing, that the check would be reimbursed by Bank of America because it was fraud. Thank You.

The check was mailed to Sarah Lorenza, and made payable to Prestige Distribution. There is no such person as Sarah Lorenza or a business known as Prestige Distribution. Each detective and police officer I spoke with, both here and in California, all said the same thing, that the check would be reimbursed by Bank of America because it was fraud. Thank You.

This is a civil matter and has nothing to do with the bank. When a bank protects against fraud, it means that you are protected if someone steals your check book or bank card. You were scammed by a private party, and BofA has nothing to do with that... You need to contact the authorities and report fraud against the people you bought the horse from.