Ally Bank closes account and withholds deposit funds without explanation
Ally Bank closed a customer account and refused to release deposit funds while providing no information about the account status or whereabouts of the money. This fund confiscation pattern mirrors documented cases at Citibank and Wells Fargo, suggesting a structural industry-wide problem in account closure procedures.
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