In a suprising turn of events a client of Bank of America was arrested when he informed the bank that a check that he received, might be fake. Well, the bank thanked him verified that it was a fake and called the cops! The SFPD cuffed him and led him off to jail.
Shinnick was hauled to jail, stripped of his clothing and put into an orange jumpsuit. His father posted $4,500 bond to spring him. Shinnick ended up spending $14,000 to get out of the mess Bank of America caused.
Bank of America refused to reimburse Shinnick, and so Shinnick took his story to a consumer advocate radio show host, Clark Howard. Lots of Bank of America customers were disgusted by BofA’s callousness and have closed their accounts with the bank. Howard says they’ve pulled $50 million from B of A.
Now, Boing Boing has got into the act and is rallying readers to walk away from B of A. So far the bank has lost $75,000 in customers.
And to make matters worse…here is a video from a Bank of America meeting…with singing…badly (you’ve been warned)
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Tags: Boing Boing, Bank of America, Matthew Shinnick, Customer Jailed
