JP Morgan sues prospects over viral cheque fraud | EUROtoday
US banking large JP Morgan Chase, is suing prospects who allegedly took benefit of a glitch by illegally withdrawing hundreds of {dollars} from its ATMs.
The “infinite money glitch”, because it turned recognized on social media, allowed the financial institution’s prospects to jot down a big cheque to themselves, deposit it after which withdraw the funds earlier than the cheque bounced.
Two people and two companies are going through lawsuits in courts in Houston, Miami and Los Angeles.
They are being requested to return the cash with curiosity, pay associated overdraft charges and canopy authorized bills in addition to different prices suffered by the financial institution.
“Chase takes its responsibility to combat fraud seriously and prioritises protecting the firm and its customers to make the banking system safer,” the financial institution stated within the court docket filings.
“Part of that responsibility is to hold people accountable when they commit fraud against Chase and its customers. Simply put, engaging in bank fraud is a crime.”
In one of many instances, a court docket submitting described how on 29 August, a masked man deposited a cheque within the defendant’s Chase checking account for $335,000 (£258,300).
The court docket papers stated the defendant then began to withdraw the cash.
The cheque was ultimately returned as counterfeit however the defendant nonetheless owed the financial institution greater than $290,000, the submitting added.
The amount of cash stored by the defendants within the 4 lawsuits totalled greater than $660,000, based on JP Morgan Chase’s attorneys.
Banks within the US often enable prospects to withdraw solely a small fraction of the worth of a cheque earlier than it’s cleared.
Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that JP Morgan Chase closed the loophole a couple of days after a number of movies telling individuals in regards to the glitch went viral on social media.
The report stated the financial institution was investigating hundreds of doable cheque fraud incidents.
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