Any Bankers on here......................err I said Bankers

[DILLIGAFF]

In answer to your questions, some history.


Last August I was appalled to discover that CITIBANK, or the US Govt., had seized my account under their stringent money laundering laws.


When I explained that I am still the owner, living at the same address and still receiving regular statements, they were unapologetic.
It then took about two months of form filling and passport faxing to prove my identity.
Then I noticed they were deducting tax from the account, which as a non-resident alien should not be deducted. i gave up on that one as I ended up holding on phones forever, being passed from one dept. to another etc. etc.


In March this year I called to arrange closure of the account and imagine my delight when I was told that the account had been closed in January !!!!!! same shit, new year.


After some liberal exchanges of good old fashioned English grammar it was agreed that they would send me a cheque.
To arrange a bankers draft I would have needed to repeat the whole ID proving fax and post tennis tournament and I told them it would be pointless as, by the time I had proven my legitimacy once more, they would have seized the account again and in any event it had no effect previously.


Now paid into NATWEST, but they were cautious as they pointed out to me that HALIFAX had instructed me to endorse the cheque on the reverse where it says in almost invisible type.......................... "DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING HERE"      !!!!!!!!!!!!


No wonder there are problems with the economy if you can't even PAY IN TO YOUR BANK FFS.