Woman shocked when bank took 34 billion from card, police involved

According to Sohu, Ms. Cao in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, has been doing business for many years and has saved a decent amount of money. By May 2017, the accumulated amount had reached 10 million yuan (more than 34.8 billion VND).

This woman decided to deposit all her money in the bank for safety instead of investing it to "make money from money" like other people.

While struggling to decide which bank to choose, Ms. Cao heard that the interest rate of a bank in Jilin province was much higher than other banks, so she deposited her savings there for a 1-year term. Thinking about the large amount of interest she would receive at maturity, Ms. Cao was very happy. However, just 3 days after depositing her savings at this bank, her deposit suddenly had a big change.

Accordingly, while meeting with business partners to discuss the company's development plan for the next quarter, Ms. Cao received a text message from the bank stating that 10 million yuan had been transferred. To verify the content of the message, this woman opened her online bank to check and discovered that her bank account balance was showing 0 yuan. Because she was so worried, Ms. Cao left the work she was discussing to go to the bank to find out the reason.

After checking the data, the bank staff informed her that her account had been frozen and that 10 million yuan had been pledged as collateral to a real estate company. Furthermore, the bank staff said that Ms. Cao had personally authorized and signed the pledge.

Thinking back to the previous 3 days, Ms. Cao was certain that she had not signed any documents with this content. At the counter, Ms. Cao asked the bank staff to show her all the documents. However, the bank staff did not agree.

Losing patience in this argument, she asked the bank to return the 10 million yuan. Unexpectedly, the bank informed her that the 10 million yuan could only be withdrawn in 2099, 82 years later.

After hearing the bank employee's answer, Ms. Cao was almost speechless. This woman said that after depositing money at the bank, she went on a business trip and was not in Jilin for 3 days, so she could not authorize someone else. Furthermore, Ms. Cao also said that she had never signed any documents containing the content of entrustment or mortgage of assets as the bank employee said. Ms. Cao did not even know the real estate company that the bank mentioned and did not know anyone related to this company.

At this point, Ms. Cao began to doubt the reputation of this bank, so she went online to search for related information. Later, she discovered that this bank had previously committed violations in lending deposits and creating a virtual deposit policy, so it was punished by the China Banking Regulatory Commission.

During the investigation, the police also discovered that many victims similar to Ms. Cao had also fallen into the trap of this bank. They felt that the matter was not simple, so they reported the incident to the China Banking Regulatory Commission. After that, the China Banking Regulatory Commission conducted an in-depth investigation of this bank to prevent similar cases.

Regarding Ms. Cao’s case, the local court issued a ruling requiring the bank to return the entire deposit of 10 million yuan to her. Although she did not get the desired amount of interest, Ms. Cao also learned a “hard lesson” from the incident. The police also advised people to choose reputable banks to deposit their money, and to be vigilant against offers of high interest rates from banks to avoid being taken advantage of or falling into the traps of scammers.

Mất 235 triệu trong thẻ sau 1 đêm, người đàn ông sốc, ngân hàng không giải quyết Trí Nhi16:43:32 18/10/2024Hàn Mỗ Mỗ (sinh năm 1974, Trung Quốc) vừa trải qua một sự cố không mong muốn khi ông cho biết bản thân gửi tiền ở Chi nhánh Nghi Phong (Giang Tây) của ICBC (Ngân hàng Công thương Trung Quốc).