Bank fails to stop reported unauthorized wire transfer
A customer who identified and reported a suspicious unauthorized wire transfer in real time was told the bank could stop it, but the stop never executed. This represents a critical failure in fraud response workflows where verbal confirmation is not matched by system action. The financial and emotional harm is immediate and severe.
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