Long account blocks hide fraudulent charges from customers for months
When a bank blocks a customer's account access for an extended period, the customer loses the ability to monitor their own statements in real time. By the time access is restored, unauthorized charges may have accumulated undetected for months, making them harder to dispute within standard fraud-reporting windows.
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