Jim
Anaheim,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, June 09, 2009
This has more to do with either merchants or others who have automated withdrawls coming from your account. From what you said, this has little to do with the bank. Before you do what normal Federal Employees do and run off in the wrong direction, you might want to spend time figuring out who is taking money from your account first. Once you get that situation settled, then you should be able to close the account normally.
Robert
Irvine,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, June 09, 2009
Why were people still taking money out of your account?
Edgeman
Chico,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, June 09, 2009
Matt, what does this mean...? "They kept allowing people to take money out of the account and then charged me more overdraft fees." And... "They put a hold on my deposit and let someone else take money from my account" And... "They are illegally charging overdraft fees and attorney will be contacting them soon if they do not reimburse all of the illegally obtained overdraft fees and close the account." Who are these people taking money out of your account? Are they people withdrawing money without your authorization? If so, have you contacted the police? Have you alerted the bank about possible fraudulent activity with your account? Are they merchants that you've made purchases from? If so, of course the bank isn't going to permanently close your account until they think that all of your transactions have arrived from ACH. Whether or not the fees are illegal depends on the circumstances surrounding the overdrafts. There simply aren't enough details here to decide.