A Financial institution of America buyer simply launched a class-action lawsuit accusing the lender of illegally refusing to reimburse official victims of fraud.
Plaintiff Kimberley Dennie says she misplaced her BofA debit card in February and shortly watched a number of unauthorized transactions hit her account.
Dennie says she promptly reported the cardboard as misplaced or stolen and submitted a declare, which included a police report detailing what occurred, to recuperate $3,000 that had disappeared from the account.
In line with the lawsuit, Financial institution of America rapidly rejected the declare and accused Dennie of authorizing the transactions with out providing any proof, as required by regulation.
“Regardless of Plaintiff’s request for an evidence and additional overview, and submitting a police report for the stolen card and fraudulent transactions, Financial institution of America mechanically rejected Plaintiff’s declare with out performing an affordable investigation and as a substitute, issued type denial notices devoid of any factual findings or documentation from its alleged investigation…
It was Financial institution of America’s burden to show that these disputed transactions had been licensed – not Plaintiff’s – and its failure to take action is illegal and unfair to Plaintiff and hundreds of different shoppers who should bear the results of stolen funds in limitless sums.”
The lawsuit accuses the banking big of routinely and openly rejecting prospects’ official claims whereas sending out obscure, boilerplate letters of denial.
“Financial institution of America fails to adjust to its statutory obligations by failing to offer written explanations of its denials.
As an alternative, Financial institution of America routinely denies claims with none rationalization by any means, stating solely its conclusion {that a} declare has been denied. Financial institution of America’s boilerplate denial letters flip the burden of proof onto shoppers to disprove the supposed reasonableness of the Financial institution’s investigation. However [the Electronic Funds Transfer Act] places the burden of proof on monetary establishments to point out that disputed costs had been licensed.”
The lawsuit was filed in federal court docket in North Carolina, with the plaintiff in search of “precise damages, punitive damages, and an injunction on behalf of most of the people to forestall the Financial institution from persevering with to interact in its unlawful and/or unfair practices.”
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