Bank Dispute Error Results in Wrong Refund Amount After Merchant Recovery
Wells Fargo provisionally credited an incorrect amount for a dispute, then recovered the full sum from the merchant without passing the correct refund to the customer. The dispute process left the customer short with no resolution path. This is an individual bank processing error complaint.
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