SunTrust Bank Bank Account Or Service Complaint

SunTrust Bank Bank account or service department,

Checking account Deposits and withdrawals North Carolina

SUNTRUST BANK WRONGFULLY OPENED A MINOR CHILDS ACCOUNT AS A JOINT ADULT ACCOUNT, LINKED TO THE PARENT. PARENT WAS ASSURED THAT WHEN THEY OPENED THE ACCOUNT IT WAS A MINOR ACCOUNT AND THAT THE PARENT ONLY HAD TO COSIGN AND THAT THE MINOR WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS TO PARENT ACCOUNT. A FRAUDULENT CHECK WAS DEPOSITED INTO THE CHILDS ACCOUNT VIA THE INTERNET BY TAKING A PIC OF IT. THE CHECK WAS $7000.00. THE CHILD SAID HE DID NOT KNOW THE CHECK WAS FAKE BECAUSE IT CLEARED THE NE-T DAY. THE CHILDS ACCOUNT HAD NO MONEY TO COVER THE CHECK, AND THE BANK WENT AHEAD AND RELEASED FUNDS THE VERY NE-T DAY. THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO WITHDRAW $3000.00 WITH OUT PARENT PERMISSION, AND ALSO WAS ALLOWED TO USE HIS OWN DEBIT/CREDIT BANK CARD LINKED TO HIS ACCOUNT AND TAKE OUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. AS SOON AS PARENT HEARD ABOUT THIS THEY WENT TO BANK AND HAD ALL ACCOUNTS CLOSED. THE BANK THEN TELLS PARENT THAT THE ACCOUNT WAS OPENED WRONG AND THAT THE CHILD WAS NOT LISTED AS A MINOR, BUT AND ADULT ON A JOINT ACCOUNT WITH PARENT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD HIS DATE OF BIRTH ON RECORD.


THE ACCOUNT WOULD OF BEEN SET UP CORRECTEDLY, THE MINOR WOULD OF NEVER HAD ACCESS THE THE FUNDS BEFORE THE CHECK ACTUALLY CLEARED. THE BANK THEN TELL THE PARENT THAT IF THE PARENT WOULD OF NOT HAD THE FUNDS IN HER SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO COVER THE CHECK THE FUNDS WOULD NOT OF BEEN RELEASED. SO THE PARENT WAS NOT PROTECTED BECAUSE SHE HAD ENOUGH MONEY IN HER SAVINGS ACCOUNT. NOW THE BANK HAS FROZEN ALL OF THE PARENTS ACCOUNT, AND THE PARENT HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE MINOR WAS DOING. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE THE BANK LIABLE FOR THEIR WRONG DOING. THE LADY THAT ACTUALLY SET UP THE ACCOUNT OF COURSE IS NO LONGER AT THE BRANCH. MY PHONE NUMBER IS - AND EMAIL ADDRESS IS --. THANK YOU, - -