Man sues BofA for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars"

Phoenix_Rising

I can see it now.
Man, to 5 year old child: "Son, what is the largest number you can think of?"
Son, in a quick excited voice: "1,784 billion, trillion dollars!!!"
Man: "Sounds great. That is what I'm suing Bank of America for."

Does this remind anyone else of Dr. Evil from Austin Powers?
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service -- really, really unhappy.

Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" be deposited into his account the next day. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000, court papers show.

Attempts to reach Chiscolm were unsuccessful. A Bank of America spokesman declined to comment.

"Incomprehensible," U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said in a brief order released Thursday in Manhattan federal court.

"He seems to be complaining that he placed a series of calls to the bank in New York and received inconsistent information from a 'Spanish womn,'" the judge wrote. "He apparently alleges that checks have been rejected because of incomplete routing numbers."

Chin has experience with big numbers. He's the judge who sentenced Bernard Madoff to a 150-year prison sentence for what the government called a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.

Bank of America Corp faces real legal problems, including New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's threat to sue its chief executive and a judge's embarrassing rejection of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Yet the money Chiscolm wants could dwarf all the bank's other problems.

It's larger than a sextillion dollars, or a 1 followed by 21 zeros. Chiscolm's request is equivalent 1 followed by 22 digits.

The sum also dwarfs the world's 2008 gross domestic product of $60 trillion, as estimated by the World Bank.

"These are the kind of numbers you deal with only on a cosmic scale," said Sylvain Cappell, New York University's Silver Professor at the Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences. "If he thinks Bank of America has branches on every planet in the cosmos, then it might start to make some sense."

Judge Chin gave Chiscolm until October 23 to better explain the basis for his claims, or else see his complaint dismissed.

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SherryRH

And people wonder why the Court System is so bogged down. They have to put up with this stupid crap.

tubbytabbytales

oh goodness. REDICULOUS

iplayoutside19

Judge Chin gave Chiscolm until October 23 to better explain the basis for his claims, or else see his complaint dismissed.

So he's saying there's a chance?

Shannon023

If he has a lawyer representing him too, that lawyer should be disbarred.

Phoenix_Rising

Judge Chin gave Chiscolm until October 23 to better explain the basis for his claims, or else see his complaint dismissed.

So he's saying there's a chance?

Guess legally you gotta give the man a chance to state his complaint in it's entirety.

Phoenix_Rising

If he has a lawyer representing him too, that lawyer should be disbarred.

I hope the case wasn't taken on a contingency fee basis :laugh:

Chenoachem

Oh my. Sounds like someone was bored. I guess with everyone in debt why not sue someone.

This does sound about as out there as "laser beams on sharks heads". :happy:

justdoingit

BOA should be sued. Their customer service is the worst. I had all of my accounts with them including my mortgage which I paid on time until I sold the house and they were terrible accross the board. As soon as I could, I closed all of my accounts with them. Good riddance!!!:grumble:

Phoenix_Rising

BOA should be sued. Their customer service is the worst. I had all of my accounts with them including my mortgage which I paid on time until I sold the house and they were terrible accross the board. As soon as I could, I closed all of my accounts with them. Good riddance!!!:grumble:

I think you should sue them too.
Find this guy's attorney.
Sue for "Infinity dollars + $1"

Gogo

LOL...I love BofA bashers!!! I work for a competing bank and we bash them all the time (not to customers, just between the employees):devil:

mommared53

Well, crap! I'm taking my money out before he gets that too. :frown:

Phoenix_Rising

Well, crap! I'm taking my money out before he gets that too. :frown:

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I had a checking account with BoA once long ago and loved their online banking site. Very little interaction with them other than my online account.

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Phoenix_Rising

Why Amerika system allow this?

You are allowed to file any lawsuit, but once they find it to be bogus, it'll get the boot. May be a countersuit by BoA should they feel they were disparaged by such an outrageous claim.

toddf67

As a former Countrywide customer, I now make my mortgage payments to BOA and not by choice. They either bought out CW or took them over, not sure? I got a call since the take over and the accent of the person talking was thick, I could barely understand him.