A Financial institution of America buyer is contemplating whether or not to sue after the lender allegedly misplaced a certificates of deposit (CD) that has considerably grown in worth after almost 30 years.
Realtor Enid Bavard says she purchased a $10,000 CD in 1997 – cash she put aside to assist finance her son’s school training, stories Fox community affiliate WSVN.
Enid says she bought the CD from Barnett Financial institution, which was acquired by NationsBank after which merged with Financial institution of America.
Enid believes that with curiosity over 27 years, her preliminary $10,000 CD might be now price about $39,000.
However her pleasure didn’t final lengthy. When she visited BofA to money out, the lender mentioned that they had no data of her CD. The financial institution additionally had no report of anybody cashing out her CD.
“You trusted them along with your cash, and on the finish, the cash magically disappears?”
So Enid went to the Florida Unclaimed Funds Account to test whether or not Barnett Financial institution or NationsBank handed her account over to the state. However the company advised her it didn’t have her account, main her to imagine that her CD was nonetheless with BofA.
BofA despatched a letter to Enid, saying that her account was closed greater than seven years in the past as a result of the financial institution solely retains data for seven years.
WSVN reached out to BofA to get extra particulars about Enid’s case. In a letter, a spokesperson says, “We carried out a complete search of our out there data. We had been unable to search out any report confirming that Financial institution of America has or had the CD.”
Enid is decided to take what’s hers and says that she’s planning to take authorized motion in opposition to BofA.
“I’m pondering of suing the financial institution. Completely.“
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