NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION – CFPB Complaint 2018-01-26

Date Received: 2018-01-26

Product: Other debt

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided

Consumer Complaint: This stems from a deposit made to a Joint Account owned by myself and my ( XXXX XXXX daughter who was XXXX at the time this account was established ). XX/XX/XXXX several deposits were made into ( Acct # XXXX ) from another Navy Federal Account ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ). I never had access to this money or benefited in anyway. I was never informed of this discrepancy. I had requested two times prior to this incident for my name to be removed from this account when my daughter turned XXXX. These request were never honored. Then XX/XX/XXXX I received my XXXX XXXX pay in my checking acct ( XXXX ) which {$400.00} was taken from that to pay a debt I was never notified of per banking regulations. When this happened I called the bank and they refused to entertain why the money was taken and refused to refund it. I drove 3 hours to the nearest bank the morning before I put my XXXX DAughter in XXXX XXXX for XXXX XXXX after having a XXXX XXXX over the bank and their discrepancies. I went into the bank on XX/XX/XXXX where they refused to remove me from account and demanded payment even after seeing my daughter in a XXXX XXXX unable to make XXXX XXXX. My daughters suffers from XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX, and XXXX which gives her XXXX, XXXX XXXX, and problems with XXXX. She just got out the hospital a week ago Thursday and now in XXXX XXXX XXXX. Details of this monies is being investigated for criminal charges. All of this has been explained to XXXX XXXX yet they want to make me the sane person responsible for a debt I had no knowledge of until they took my XXXX XXXX and then setup payment arrangement in order to refund my {$400.00}. SAD INDEED

Company: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

State/Zip: NC 282XX

Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation

Was Company Response Timely: Yes

Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A

Complaint ID: 2794837

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