Family forced into poverty after bank’s $2.1M overdraft mistake
From nypost.com
A British family of five has been forced into poverty after their bank froze all their accounts when an error left them $2.1 million overdrawn. The Livermore family have been forced to go to food banks and live off hand-outs from friends and relatives for nearly a month after a blunder by Barclays left them $700,000 overdrawn on each of their three accounts. Paul and his wife Kayleigh, both 31, have struggled to provide for their three children age 11, 8 and 7 for almost a month after the mistake on Easter Monday, which is a national holiday in the UK. The three Barclays accounts were all in credit before the mistake ...
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