Bank Fraud by BB&T Bank and Bank of America

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Bank Fraud at its worst. The Thieves are on the Inside!

I had $134,000.00 in deposits stolen by BB&T Bank and Bank of America in my

home town, Hopewell, VA. Where I had been a customer for over 36 years and

was well known by both of the Banks employees and Managers.

After retirement, my wife and I wanted to rebuild her family's business, I

borrowed money ($50,000.00), on my signature to pay off all outstanding debts

owed at the time and started rebuilding. After 18 months of hard work in

reorganizing we increased sales by 400% and were gaining sales at the $220,000.00

level per month. A BB&T representative (Bruce Brockwell), came down to

North Carolina to a look at our records, our plant operation and our proposed

growth ideas and he was well pleased at what he saw.

In May of 2000, when our daughter went to BOA to make an $8,600.00 deposit

and the bank would not accept a deposit and would not tell her anything. I

called the banks Manager in Thomasville, NC (Jamie Stemple) and he couldn't find

out anything. Thru the first week of this nightmare I made 2 trips to

Virginia and Visited both banks BOA manager (Rhonda Puryear), told me " I don't

have to tell you anything" and refused to talk further. I went to BB&T Bank

and talked with (Joan Thompson), she then refer me to (Diana Clark), who kept

up with all business accounts, and she explained that over night, (Cheryl

Tyler) had placed a HOLD on our account and when she saw it the next morning she

removed it. However it was too late BOA had also placed on my accounts at

their bank. I asked (Diana Clark), what does that mean and she explained, "well

it's kind of like a game, the bank that reaches out and grabs the most

money, gets to keep it", I told her that this was no game and I wanted my money

back.

A week later on a Friday (Joan Thompson) the bank manager at BB&T, called

our home in North Carolinia and told us "not to worry, that they had a handle

on the problem and they would get it solved, to have a good weekend and she

would call us on Monday. That call never came, at 11:30 am I called but (Joan

Thompson) was never again available). The following week we started receiving

notices from both banks that we had 30 days to close or accounts and after

that both banks refused to talk to us.

We hired an Attorney (Gary Hershner), who really wanted to take on this

case, he had the case for 3 years and never filed the "Motion for Judgment" in

court. He got mad when I started marching in from of the banks and wanted off

the case.

At that point I only had 8 days before the time limitations ran out. Thru

the Legal Referral service they suggested Attorney (Tom Coates), he listened

and read most of the information and saw all the evidence that we had and

immediately filed the case in court. It has taken 3 years to get this to court.

On April 11, 2006 a preliminary hearing was held in Hopewell Court and each

side explained their opinion, the banks Attorneys just wanted all 8 charges

dropped because they felt time limitations had ran out and the Judge stated " as

long as Mr. Brown was perusing his investigations, the limitations were not

a concern. In that hearing the Attorney (Jennifer Saradi), stated that "BB&T

Bank had placed a HOLD on my account but Bank of America had his money".

The Judge promised us an answer to the charges within 4 to 6 weeks. My

lawyer made calls to the Judge's

office, (never received a return call), in January 2007 at my insistence

(Tom Coates), sent a letter to the judge, his office never replied. MY attorney

contacted the Judicial Complaint Committee and filed a written complaint.

The excuse by the Judge was he let a student take the case home over the

summer and when he returned the file was never opened. However we did finally

received a written answer to all the charges and it was nothing like what was

discussed in court.

We now have a hearing set for June 27th. 2007 in Prince George Count, VA

at 11:00 am with the same Judge.

This has been a real nightmare for my family and friends that tried to help

us keep the business open. on Feb 14th 2003 was closed the business.

This has cost me the business, (2 homes) (1) in Va. and (1) in NC, destroyed

my credit, filed bankruptcy lost (3) vehicles over the 7 years and BB&T

placed a Lien against my home in NC, against my wife who was not on any of the

banks loans or checking accounts. And in Feb of 2007 we received from BB&T Bank

a letter , stating that had placed a lien against our personal property and

asked the Sheriff to have a public sale.

These Banks still today blame each today and I have not had the legal

system, support me. There are many others who have all types of complaints against

these Banks.

" Justice delayed is Justice denied" Please help fight this injustice!!!!

Class Action, may be our next move.!!!

Carlton Brown

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<SPAN

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worst.     The

Thieves are on the Inside!<SPAN

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<SPAN

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<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> I had <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$134,000.00 in deposits stolen

by BB&T Bank and Bank of America in my home town, <st1:place

w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hopewell</st1:City>, <st1:State

w:st="on">VA.</st1:State></st1:place> Where I had been a customer for over 36

years and was well known by both of the Banks employees and

Managers.<o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> After retirement, my wife and I

wanted to rebuild her family's business, I borrowed money ($50,000.00), on my

signature to pay off all outstanding debts owed at the time and started

rebuilding. After 18 months of hard work in reorganizing we increased sales by

400% and were gaining sales at the $220,000.00 level per month. A BB&T

representative (Bruce Brockwell),

<SPAN

style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">came down to

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>

to a look at our records, our plant operation and our proposed growth ideas and

he was well pleased at what he saw.<SPAN

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<SPAN

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<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> In May of 2000, when our

daughter went to BOA to make an

$8,600.00 deposit and the bank would not accept a deposit and would not tell her

anything. I called the banks Manager in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City

w:st="on">Thomasville</st1:City>, <st1:State

w:st="on">NC</st1:State></st1:place> <B

style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">(Jamie Stemple) and he couldn't find

out anything. Thru the first week of this nightmare I made 2 trips to Virginia

and Visited both banks BOA manager <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(<SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rhonda Puryear), told me

" I don't have to tell you

anything" and refused to talk further. I went to BB&T Bank

and talked with (Joan

Thompson), she then refer me to <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Diana Clark), who kept up with all

business accounts, and she explained that over night, <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Cheryl Tyler) had placed a

HOLD on our account and

when she saw it the next morning she removed it. However it was too late <B

style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">BOA had also placed on my accounts at

their bank. I asked (Diana

Clark), what does that mean and she explained, <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"well it's kind of like a game, the bank that reaches

out and grabs the most money, gets to keep it", I told her that

this was no game and I wanted my money back. <SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> A week later on a Friday (<B

style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Joan Thompson) the bank manager at

BB&T, called our home in <st1:place w:st="on">North Carolinia</st1:place>

and told us "not to worry, that they had a handle on the problem and they would

get it solved, to have a good weekend and she would call us on Monday. That call

never came, at 11:30 am I called but <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Joan Thompson) was never again

available). The following week we started receiving notices from both banks that

we had 30 days to close or accounts and after that both banks refused to talk to

us.<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> We hired an Attorney

(Gary Hershner), who

really wanted to take on this case, he had the case for 3 years and never filed

the "Motion for

Judgment" in court. He got mad when I started marching in from

of the banks and wanted off the case.<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> At that point I only had 8 days

before the time limitations ran out. Thru the Legal Referral service they

suggested Attorney (Tom

Coates), he listened and read most of the information and saw

all the evidence that we had and immediately filed the case in court. It has

taken 3 years to get this to court. On April 11, 2006 a preliminary hearing

was held in Hopewell Court and each side explained their opinion, the banks

Attorneys just wanted all 8 charges dropped because they felt time limitations

had ran out and the Judge stated " as long as Mr. Brown was perusing his

investigations, the limitations were not a concern. In that hearing the Attorney

(Jennifer Saradi),

stated that "BB&T Bank had placed a

HOLD on my account but Bank of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place

w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> had his

money".<SPAN

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<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Judge promised us an answer to the

charges within 4 to 6 weeks. My lawyer made calls to the Judge's

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">office, <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(never received a return call), in

January 2007 at my insistence (Tom

Coates), sent a letter to the judge, his office never replied.

MY attorney contacted the Judicial

Complaint Committee and filed a written complaint. The excuse by

the Judge was he let a student take the

case home over the summer and when he returned the file was never

opened. However we did finally received a written answer to

all the charges and it was nothing

like what was discussed in court.<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> We now have a hearing set for

June 27th. 2007 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Prince</st1:City>

<st1:State w:st="on">George</st1:State> <st1:State w:st="on">Count</st1:State>,

<st1:State w:st="on">VA</st1:State></st1:place> at 11:00 am with the same

Judge.<SPAN

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<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> This has been a real nightmare

for my family and friends that tried to help us keep the business open. on Feb

14th 2003 was closed the business.<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">  This has cost me the

business, (2 homes) (1) in Va. and (1) in NC, destroyed my credit, filed

bankruptcy lost (3) vehicles over the 7 years and BB&T placed a Lien against

my home in NC, against my wife who was not on any of the banks loans or checking

accounts. And in Feb of 2007 we received from BB&T Bank a letter ,

stating that had placed a lien against our personal property and asked<SPAN

style="mso-spacerun: yes">  the Sheriff to have a public

sale. <SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> These Banks still today blame

each today and I have not had the legal system, support me. There are

many others who have all types of complaints against these Banks.<SPAN

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<SPAN

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p>

<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">" Justice delayed is Justice denied"  

Please help fight this injustice!!!!<SPAN

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<SPAN

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<SPAN

style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">     Class Action,

may be our next move.!!!<SPAN

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