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A man sued Bank of America for erroneous …

February 24, 2014Weirdo

A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.

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Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays …

February 17, 2014Weirdo

Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays have been submitting phony numbers, often in concert with each other for years. Together they manipulated world markets, specifically the Libor rate, which controls interest rates worldwide, causing trillions in damage. No banker will spend a day in jail.

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Until 1974, banks could (and usually wou …

December 30, 2013Weirdo

Until 1974, banks could (and usually would) refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she was married and her husband co-signed for the card. A divorced woman was considered too much of a risk because she “couldn’t keep a marriage under control.”

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A Russian man, mad with an unsolicited c …

December 22, 2013December 22, 2013Weirdo

credit_cardsA Russian man, mad with an unsolicited credit card offer, scanned, edited, printed, and sent it back. The bank approved 0% interest, no fees, unlimited credit, and paying $182,000 for cancelling his account. They sued him years later, he won, and he’s counter-suing them for closing his account.

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A whistleblower named Gustl Mollath was …

December 16, 2013Weirdo

A whistleblower named Gustl Mollath was forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for claiming that a major bank was engaging in money laundering. A report by the bank itself later leaked, proved that Mollath was right and allowed him to be released.

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Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, a Great De …

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013Weirdo

Pretty_BoyCharles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, a Great Depression-era gangster and notorious bank robber, endeared himself to the public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he robbed, freeing many from their debts.

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There is a time capsule buried in 1968 i …

October 28, 2012Weirdo

There is a time capsule buried in 1968 in Amarillo Texas containing the passbook to a bank account with a $10 deposit, expected to be worth $1 quadrillion when it is opened in 2968.

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Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all …

October 18, 2012October 18, 2012Weirdo

Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all ban interest on loans.

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Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, a Great De …

September 19, 2012Weirdo

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, a Great Depression-era gangster and notorious bank robber, endeared himself to the public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he robbed, freeing many from their debts.

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A guy successfully cashed a junk mail ch …

July 7, 2012Weirdo

A guy successfully cashed a junk mail check for $95,093.35.

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