JPMorgan Chase Bank Account Or Service Complaint

JPMorgan Chase Bank account or service department,

Checking account Making/receiving payments, sending money Illinois

I 'm an -. On or about - -, 2014, I received an email from a person who purported to be a woman in - trying to collect monies due on a divorce settlement agreement entered here in Illinois, and asking my assistance for this purpose. I entered into a retainer agreement with her for this purpose, and she sent me a check for the retainer and put me in touch with her alleged ex-husband. The arrangement was that he was to send me checks for the settlement amounts, and I was to send them to my client through my business account at Chase ( where my client also had an account. ) The client gave me her bank info so I could wire transfer the check amounts to her account. The first - checks went through uneventfully. The - check ( well into the - figures ) was paid as a wire transfer by my branch of Chase [ NOTE THE CHRONOLOGY HERE! ], but then the original check was refused for payment because some of the information on its face had been altered. When I was informed of this, I attempted to contact the client, with no success.


A few weeks later, Chase froze all of my accounts ( - of them ), and they are still frozen. They have notified me that I am responsible for repaying them the --figure check. I could not possibly do so, even if I liquidated all my assets. Chase has essentially impounded roughly $12000.00 of my funds. They continue to levy regular bank charges on both accounts, and to send me statements and other mailings. I retained an attorney for this matter last year, but he was conflicted out of the case when he became employed by a firm that represented Chase. His approach to the case was less than helpful to begin with - it was his feeling that he had done an adequate job in that Chase had not actually filed suit against me for the --figure check, even if they had also not returned my funds. Although I am - myself, I have no expertise in banking matters, and we all know what - says about - anyway. I have all of the documents that exist in this case, and have also sent copies of them to Chase, and will be glad to send them to you on request.