Former Army Reservist Says Bank of America Left Him With $25,000 in Debit Charges

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"John McDevitt, a U.S. Army reservist from Clayville, N.Y., said Bank of America and Visa have not helped him re-coup $25,243.71 in fraudulent charges accrued on his debit card almost two years ago while he was on leave from service. McDevitt, 52, of Clayville, N.Y., was not aware of these differences while served in Afghanistan for a year. He spent his two free weeks in Greece in November 2010 according to a policy afforded to soldiers deployed in a combat zone. "My kids are grown," he said of his children ages 29 and 27. "I'm in my 50s. I always wanted to go to Athens, Greece because I'm a big history buff." While in Athens and by himself, McDevitt said he asked a taxi driver to take him to a nightclub without a specific destination. "I told the taxi driver I want to go to a night club – not a strip club," he said. (WHY WOULD HE EVEN MENTION "STRIP CLUB" unless he went to a STRIP CLUB!) He said the driver brought him to a club at around 10 p.m. but he "didn't like the environment." He said he ordered two beers. "I'm not really a drinker. I'm just a beer drinker," he said. (OKAY HE HAD TWO BEERS) He said he was at a club called Palia Plaka for about an hour and a half. McDevitt said he only talked to the waiter while he sat at a small table, though "a couple girls tried to come over." "I already know what that's about," he told ABC News. "I said, 'Nope.'" When he tried to pay with his Bank of America debit card and leave the club, he said workers claimed he owed them more money. Instead of arguing with them, he said he paid the inflated sum of 600 euros, signed a receipt for his drinks and left. (yeh right!!!!! he's okay with paying $1200 for 2 beers?! Bull-fucking-shit) "I'm in Athens, Greece. I don't want to go to jail," he said. "You sign, you leave. You just want to get out of there." Two weeks later at his base in Afghanistan, he said he checked his account online and saw six charges totaling $25,243.71. The charges were between $2,058.66 and $6,780.66 for Nov. 12, Nov. 19 and Nov. 22, 2010. Outraged over the charges he said Bank of America should refund him, McDevitt protested outside a branch in Utica, N.Y. last week, holding a sign that read, "A soldier that puts America first should have a bank that puts the soldier first,"as reported by WKTV. "

http://news.yahoo.com/former-army-reservist-says-bank-america-left-him-143641676--abc-news-money.html

4/4/2012 11:10:05 AM

4/4/2012 11:11:33 AM

You're the worst

4/4/2012 11:13:52 AM

4/4/2012 11:15:04 AM

Why is a soldier banking with anyone but USAA?

4/4/2012 11:21:12 AM

NOPE

I KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT

4/4/2012 11:23:18 AM

i've heard of this type of stuff happening before...not sure if ever this extreme though

4/4/2012 11:23:42 AM

a few years ago I was caught up in something like this with BofA. An employee at a hotel in the bahamas stole my card # and ran up a ton of charges at some casino. I called bullshit, they were like no way, I proved it wasn't me because I was back in the US at the time of the charges. BofA gave me a bit more of a runaround, I threatened to sue, and they fixed everything. I no longer bank with BofA.

4/4/2012 12:03:29 PM

Did you accept a $1200 tab for 2 beers?

4/4/2012 12:40:03 PM

GOD DAMMIT, IT WAS MORE LIKE $800

[Edited on April 4, 2012 at 12:47 PM. Reason : ]

4/4/2012 12:44:29 PM

Yeah, why the hell a major corp would go to lengths to argue this is stupid.

4/4/2012 12:44:43 PM

All the fraudulent charges I got while with BoA were from BoA so you can guess how much of that I got back. Such a load off when I switched to ncsecu

4/4/2012 12:46:56 PM

^ no joke - I used to have to go in there at least once a month to have them remove overdraft fees that should have never been charged

4/4/2012 12:48:56 PM

I don't deal with businesses with American or Patriot in their name


Bank of America
American Express
American Airlines
A-1 American Plumbing


Patriot is reserved for small business owners that are corrupt:

Patriot Auto Sales
Patriot Realty Inc
Patriot Plumbing


Everything is opposite of what they name themselves

Mo Money tax service. (Mo money in their own pockets)
Tax"Masters".. we all know about them...

4/4/2012 12:58:09 PM

yep. especially their habit of taking the biggest out first so that you'd get multiple overdrafts on the small charges instead of one overdraft on the big charge. I actually had one of the managers at the BoA at Crabtree threaten to call security on me because I "was getting belligerent." You're god-damned right I was angry, that was the same visit that they informed me they were charging me to come inside and talk to a teller, but I tell you what I got all but one of those charges taken off, paid off my BoA credit card later that week and bounced.


I actually got some postcard in the mail about a class-action lawsuit against them for that overdraft practice, something about I was already included unless I decided to opt-out. Haven't heard anything since though, that was probably over a year ago.

4/4/2012 1:00:13 PM

^ fucking cracks me up that banks say they have polled their customers and found that's the way customers want it

4/4/2012 1:02:15 PM

failure to understand exchange rates ITT

4/4/2012 1:17:28 PM

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"After nearly two years of disputes with Bank of America, Afghanistan war veteran, John McDevitt will be refunded $25,000 in fraudulent debit charges, ABC News reports."

4/8/2012 6:57:34 PM

I thought this thread was about Tebow

4/8/2012 6:59:13 PM