Joint account frozen by creditor action against co-holder locks out primary account owner
A Citibank joint account was blocked by a court order against the co-holder's creditors, but the primary account holder lost all access and was unable to close the account or retrieve funds for over a year. The bank's legal department refused to discuss the situation, and funds remained trapped with no resolution path.
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