Man jailed for cashing Chase check at Chase Bank
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2011
- Last year, 28 year old Ikenna Njoku of Auburn, Washington was jailed for 4 days, causing him to lose his job and his car. His "crime": he attempted to case a legitimate Chase check issued to him by Chase Bank. An employee there, assuming him to be a criminal, started the ball rolling that led to his false arrest.
If you ever find yourself in this position, do what this man did. Remain calm and sue for every penny
I dont think i can remain calm in this situation . Honestly he deserve a prize for his attitude. Bravo
If you cannot resist saying something, make it, "Thank you for paying off my mortgage."
Lots of people had problems with this bank . Thank Goodies I close my longtime ago
Resist unlawful arrest and sue the police too.
I would rage at the situation for about 1 day, then laugh at the whole experience knowing I'm going to take that retarded ass bank to the cleaners. They fucked me and they deserve to be fucked in scale in return.
They did nothing until they found out it was going to be on TV.
Even when they found out it was going to be on TV, not until they figured there was a lawsuit coming!
That's the American justice system.
When your a bank you get to screw people over and there is nothing the average person can do about it.
And the government enables it by never holding bank's accountable
50/50 they would have just said some bullshit apology or not respond at all
Exactly!
@@sownheard that needs to change, I bet they wouldn’t let it go on this long if it cost them $5,000,000,000 per day until these issues are rectified. The only thing these people understand is money. Treat people wrongly, cause people to suffer because of your mistakes? It will cost them.
There needs to be more monetary punishments that are scaled to a percentage of total value of the company.
If they had to pay out 50% of their total worth I bet they would have acted quicker.
Your actions ruined someone’s life over something that could have been fixed in 30 minutes but you didn’t? Great now half of your company belongs to the person you wronged.
Corporations stepping on people is one of the biggest problems we can tackle in the 21st century.
The only thing that is more important is pollution and climate change which, corporations are the leading problem which they are also not paying for.
I grew up where you needed to be responsible for your actions, big companies need to be held responsible. Fix what you broke, clean up your mess and pay for the damages you caused. Don’t like it? Thats an automatic fine of 25% of your total worth. Still didn’t fix it? Your company is now being liquidated and the money is going towards the problems that you caused and didn’t do anything about while your company gets liquidated to no more and the decision makers in your company go to jail.
10 years later and Chase is still the saddest example of customer service.
Hear ya
This should get 1000 likes
Just had some 3rd world customer service representative call to ask when I was going to make another deposit. I told her never again and to close my account. She was speechless
@@j.carlosperez9479 you have a problem with 3rd world customer service?
@@edwingarcia3521 only when I'm dealing with a 1st world issue. Also I'm pro keeping jobs on US soil.
I love that police arrest someone for 5 days solely on the word of a bank, then blame the bank for not doing more to get in contact with them. I have a better idea, do your job and dont arrest someone with 0 evidence in the first place. Bet they'll do more then leave one voicemail if they've actually lost money.
the burden of proof is so low on arrest all they have to do is show reasonable cause that they think a crime happened
@@joejacko1587 They didn't have any. If anyone with a brain responded to that call and seen a chase check trying to be cashed at a chase bank they would have told the karen who called to provide more evidence. Trespassing him from the property should have been the only thing done until the bank had time to verify the check.
@@doc-holliday- the bank can verify the check in minute.
They had a check that they said it was fraudulent
I mean, when a bank tells you a check is fraudulent, what are you supposed to do? Higher and expert consultant because you expect several members of the bank staff of a conspiracy against the random citizen?
There is a time for speculation and skepticism, but when all the evidence falls in your lap, and then the "suspect" comes back to the "scene of the crime" you arrest them. This is not the fault of the police.
When I saw this on the news, I closed my checking/savings accounts at Chase and switched to a credit union. Best decision, ever.
Really
PERFECT SOLUTION...I DID AS WELL AND BEEN TOTALLY SATISFIED SINCE...AHHHHH...HONEST PEOPLE!!!!
Credit unions are the best
Chase and Bank of America kinda sucks.
THEY ARE A BILGE PUMP ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER...SO IS WELLS FARTGO
Everyone at the bank that was involved in this, should spend 5 days in jail
Nah ten times the days he was put there
Agreed!!!
How about loss their car as well. Also teach the police a lesson for trusting such an evil bank as Chase is
Eye for eye..
@@bwattswatson8352 Who are you going to listen too.Multi billionaires or some random scrub?
Chase did this man wrong. And that’s an understatement.
Chase owes this man an apology with compensation for his losses.
he got 1 million in a settlement
@@r3wturb0x51 god damn
This was 10 years ago
@@r3wturb0x51 he sued for 1million, the actual amount given was undisclosed
1 lady working the desk did this man wrong. it wasnt chase it was 1 person
I was actually considering getting a bank account with Chase bank but after watching this video there’s not a chance in hell I’m doing it. Shame on them for the way they treated this man.
I'm considering closing my credit card at Chase don't really use credit cards that much went back to using cash easy and no bill in the mail
Funny how these multi billion dollar companies never do what’s right until lawyers and the media get involved.
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Did this poor unfortunate man, get any satisfaction, after this sickening ordeal????
@@bigsparky8888 The line "Under God" was added later on during the Red Scare aka when America became scared of Communism. Look it up...
Tried to cash a pay at the bank that issued it. No can do because I am not a customer. My own bank does a 5 day hold. This guy got screwed .
if you look closer, you'll realize this happens all the time. Basically, if they 'made right' every mistake they made their 'profits' would be dismal. They won't act unless called out because half the people will give up before that happens.
*A black person being responsible with his money*
Chase Bank: Ain’t no way, ain’t no fucking way
I’d love to hear what the “If you don’t want to go to jail, don’t commit crimes” people would say to this.
@@btat16 "If you don't want to go to jail, don't commit crimes." That's what we'd say.
@@rufus001 But you still might go to jail.
@@rufus001 There are people like this man that have done nothing and still go to jail. What do they do?
@@btat16 exactly. What does someone who goes to jail for a crime they haven't commited do? There's plenty of people who have been in jail for years for stuff they didn't do. I would actually consider the guy in this video lucky since he only stayed in jail for a few days... He lost his job and his car yeah, but at leasat he didn't lose his whole life. Still, it is unacceptable that stuff like this still happens nowadays, all the time... "If you dont want to go to jail dont commit crimes" is really stupid considering the fact that many people are wrongly imprisoned. It would be more like "if you dont want to go to jail, start praying cause its fucking RNG"
That is absolutely disgusting that this man had to go through this. Chase needs to pay restitution for everything!
He sued them and won. And then a year later he tried to steal a car off a lot and was arrested
If this happened to me, I would not have gotten angry. I would’ve thought to myself, “ What a fantastic lawsuit ! Thank you officer .”
I don't think he get anything from the police department... Chase is the one paying the bill lmao
A homeowner at 28! That's awesome 👍👍
@bobcat baldfat drunkbeater I'm happy for you and your family, however being a homeowner at that age is unusual in my experience.
@bobcat baldfat drunkbeater I've been looking for a decent small home, and I've had no luck. Guess I'll keep saving my pennies.
@bobcat baldfat drunkbeater that probably goes for most people’s ancestors as well
Homes are very cheap back then
@bobcat baldfat drunkbeater because it was way cheaper back then
I just saw that he won a million dollar settlement good for him!!!👍🏽💃💃💃😊
? Where
Took him a decade of BS to get it.
Who was his lawyer?
Rapture Ready In the video it was Felix Luna, don’t know if it was the same one through the end.
You didn’t see that the amount was “undisclosed” stop spreading false information.
Among other things, it *really* irks me that companies would fire people for being arrested, without waiting to determine whether that arrest was justified in the first place.
And, similarly, for selling a car that was towed without establishing whether it was towed away for justified reasons.
While Chase was awful for its handling of all this, Chase wasn't the only institution that failed this man!
They dont care. Just want to sidestep the headache
This is the justice system in America? “We have a check we made, but since one person thinks it’s fake this guy needs to spend the weekend in jail”
Quit calling it the justice system. White people have their justus system while the rest of us get the legal system
The lack of correct and timely information was the key to this situation. Law enforcement went off the information provided for from Chase.
@@mrpaiute9013 your jealously and hated of white people over your delusions of reality in your head like most racist people is shocking i am white I have been pulled over many times for no reason hell i was pulled over walking home because i had a trench coat on
i have been arrested before on someones word and have had the cops ignore the law and i am white
so the "justus" or legal system is just fucked up for everyone with the money to pay the fees
@@joejacko1587 Well, that simply means that you are white and poor in the justice system... It does not matter if you are rich or poor when it comes blacks in the legal system
@@mrpaiute9013 stop being a racist bitch.
Chase isn't the only one at fault. The police took him to jail without any further investigation and left him over the weekend with no supervision
He was better off fighting against the bank rather the cops.... Trust me
Yeah, that's it, consistent with today's climate, just blame the police for doing their job. The police relied on Chase Bank's statement that a Chase check was fraudulent. You can't get any more proof than that to make an arrest. He has no case against the police. And, they have no obligation to answer a voicemail on a non-emergency line. Chase could have called the front desk at the police station, which open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Or, better yet, call 9-1-1 and say there's an emergency. There was no lack of supervision. lol
Dorsey The police shouldn't arrest someone just bc a bank claims they have a fraudulent check, that is beyond ridiculous to give a bank that much power
@@chrissquid Yes the police should. It is a Chase check, so the authority on whether or not the check is real is Chase Bank. That’s both the law and common sense. You have to have knowledge of one or the other to know what the police can do. People are so caught up in hating the police these days that common sense goes right out the window. Chase messed up, and was negligent in correcting their mistake. The end.
Right. Double wrongs.
In jail for 5 days, lost his car and his job, got no apologies from anyone, all that because of one person behind the desk thought he was a fraud smh
Because he is a man of color in a predominately white area.
This is unbelievable. I hope this story gets as much attention as possible... Damn😰
When their own check could have been easily verified. It was reported he was settled eventually but the bank was trying to nothing about their big mess up.
Terry Vaughn you’re absolutely correct .
W.C. W .....More Zionist MSNews Division bullshit...What we never hear about is the fraud federal reserve, a private for profit central bank of debt issue and the IRS...2 extortion rackets defrauding americans for trillions of dollars since 12-23-1913...
If I were on this jury, Chase would owe this man MILLIONS.
Bingo!!!
I've never liked Chase Bank. I've always had a bad feeling about them and now this confirms it. They have no empathy for the customer they just want to take your money and when they make mistakes they should have apologized and gave the customer a settlement for the anguish and humiliation they put him through. They also should send a letter of apology and directed it to the job you lost so he could get his position back. This poor man lost everything his job the car that he loves how dare they do this to him and not even have any empathy. What a cold heartless Bank.
What the heck is there for Chase to investigate? They cost a man his freedom, his job, his reputation, etc. Unbelievable!!
I thought the samething.
Elizabeth Melchor
It happened to me.
How much cash it is going to cost them to cover this up
They got a team of lawyers investigating how many ways they can lie out of it.
their not there Fix it! GN
UPDATE: man won settlement in the amount of one million dollars 👨🏻🦲
Mack Daddy thanks for the update. Please where can we watch the video?
I thank God he won!
Bullsh*t, provide your source
@@hackerman7835 people say anything for likes.
I couldn't find a report with the dollar amount of the settlement but yes they did settle
@@hackerman7835 the source is there you dumb fuck. also i didnt have to wait for someone to post a source like the piece of shit you are I used something called google, idiot.
This was heart breaking! The guy seemed like a genuinely nice person, hard working, intelligent. What Chase did to him was so shameful! I really hope that the people he dealt with get some serious re-training unless they were fired from their jobs.
i could only hope after they 1st Reported This News, because look at his NAME, look at his skin, look at his face, look at his physique, I'm CONFIDENT every Employee involved in His transaction w/that Bank DiD THAT DAY! That was a SHAMEFUL story their reporting brought to light.
@@nguvuzawatunguvuzawatu4506 This is neither a race related problem nor an isolated one. It has happened involving people of all different races, religions.
I certainly hope that bank teller that started this whole thing got fired. That teller was judgemental I did not do their job properly. My advice is go with a local bank not a universal one because the bigger the company the less empathy there is.
Bank tellers should never be asking you what you're using your money for or how you got your money. They are there to do one job & one job only, deposit or withdraw money from whatever bank account that person has. It is not their job to pass judgements on anyone. That's just ridiculous.
👏👏👏👏 absolutely nailed it!!! The nerve of her even asking is astounding!
The teller saw a black man with all this money how he get this....what he have more money than me i nerd to do something about this lock him up what a shame.
It's correct to ask the 1st question, to an elderly person...
Actually banks do have a responsibility, it’s called kyc (know your customer). They are responsible of prevent illegal money being move around
@Stop Trolling My point is that it's childish for you to tell him to stfu when he's telling the truth, just because you don't like it. He didn't say Chase did the right thing. He was pointing out that banks do have to ask questions and look into large cash withdrawals.
In the comments, it says he received a million dollars in a settlement. GOOD FOR HIM he deserves every penny and should have gotten more for punitive damage because a million is pocket change for Chase. I have a feeling that they would have gotten off a whole lot cheaper if they had offered an apology letter and some money to straighten out the damages they caused.
Only problem with Chase paying a million dollars is that they need to skim it off their other customers to pay the damages, so everybody loses except the Chase fat-cats. Best policy is to stay the hell away from Chase and if you have an account there now, pull the money out and go to a nearby credit union.
They paid that as a check.
Damn i'd goto jail for alot longer for a million bucks good for him
I wouldn't have accepted an apology because they made him lose his job, his car and his freedom all over some racist ideology that he couldn't have possibly gotten that legal check on their bank in a legal way. When all they had to do was call the company who gave him the check to verify it's legitimacy. I know because I use to work in a bank and did this all the time. They ruined this man's life based on his skin color. And could have possibly gotten him killed, by some overzealous cops.
@@lovelybrown6453 I think the time the apology would have worked would have been when the mistake was first known. The bank needs to train its staff on the correct ways to handle situations.
Sounds to me like Chase owes this man a new Infiniti and a Year's worth of pay 🤷 should have said sorry.
I just can’t believe his employer would fire him over that.
Especially given the circumstances
Underrated comment!
That's because you don't have unions. Good and strong unions, with unionists elected, controlled and paid by the workers.
how tf do they not have a way to verify their own check?? That's insane that they can just throw him in jail on an accusation....
Now, I suppose this man was white, not a damn thing would have happened.
@@johnbockelie3899 It likely has more to do with his name, his accent and the way he just left.
He is a black man with nigerian name. Chase had full time workers paid to do this?? Sue chase again
@@johnbockelie3899 if this happened today it would be considered racial profiling. Stuff like this isn't taken lightly anymore.
@@kaynkayn9870, unfortunately, things haven't changed that much in the past decade.
The title reads like an Onion article.
Isn't that sad?
First thing that came to my mind when I read it gaha
This isn't the *only* true story that reads like an Onion headline lately either!!!!
And check out The Babylon Bee while you're at it; they're just like The Onion.
When I clicked on it I actually thought it was the onion. I get a lot of onion videos in my recommend and that headline was just like
This just shows
Chase,as well as that customer service representative would be sued. My mortgage would be paid off and a NEW Infinity automobile in the driveway.
My $8k check would also be greatly enhanced.
There is some good news here. Chase ain't broke, so he can sue the crap out of them, and I hope he did. BTW, Ikenna, I love that you are using a mulch mower. I know that sounds crazy and has nothing to do with the story, but I recently became a lawn care freak, and I tend to notice things like that. I sure hope you were able to take Chase to the cleaners on this one.
He did. He also became a criminal
One year later, he stole a car and was arrested by SWAT
@@herewego8686 damm
@@herewego8686 source?
He seems like a super nice down to earth dude. It's a tragedy this happened to him and I'm happy he was able to at least get a settlement
what settlement?
@@chaosphere3841 he wound up getting a 1 mil settlement
@@ItsPOLO_ word?
@@ItsPOLO_ he sued for $1 million but the settlement was an undisclosed amount.
How much was the settlement of?
That Chase employee should get fired
The Name Chris and sued!!!
The employee was black, so nothing to do with Chase
Fired hell, jailed themselves
Costed a man his career.
@coptic777 lmao racist
After he lost his job and his car the bank was like well maybe you should’ve thought of that before you chose chase bank
I would definitely choose chase bank now... Hopefully they will pay off my mortgage as well lol
I’m switching banks immediately, no more Chase bank for me …
Never underestimate the incompetancy of bank employees. It is really disappointing.
getting a job at a bank is no different than getting a job at mcdonalds
@@TheBugbugboy And even then, McDonald's employees work hard, but banks employees just sit their asses and be incompetent for a living
@@EolosMusic
That's right.
Two weeks ago I went into my bank to start a Roth IRA saving. The account that was made is a CD with 8% interest that matures in 2099.
Two weeks later, it still hasn’t been fixed.
Im never getting that money back.
AR15 !
He should sue Chase for multiple millions.
That is absolutely fucked up.
Diprotic He'd need a lawyer willing to not charge until the case is over since big corps drag out lawsuits as long as possible. They use attrition to win their lawsuits.
He got a lawyer willing to help him and they settled, about a month after this news story, for an undisclosed amount.
Thanks for the info===most important!!!
And sue the Auburn police department and that towing company.
I had a negative balance with Chase, paid it off and they wouldn't let me have another account. I wasn't making great money at the time, but why turn away someone who's paid their debt? Chase needs serious restructuring because it's been making people's lives difficult for too long.
Imagine having your dream car being sold out from under you, and losing your job, just because the cops can't keep up to date on their voice mail and you sit in jail as an innocent man. Jeez I'm glad he got something out of the court case.
His first mistake was having an account with Chase bank. That bank is bad news.
I only went therebecause of what Wells Fargo did to me and I had family members to also have Chase but after what they pulled on me twice I said the hell with it I'm going with a credit union instead
@@eddyremig9307 Excellent move! Credit unions are the best game in town!
Elaborate
@@zad_rasera Found the Chase employee.
If you don't have an online bank or credit union, you deserve to be screwed out of your money.
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No one listens to voicemail at police? Everyone messed up on this. Humiliating doesn't really cut it.
They called the janitors line
@@snailsaredumb9412 lol, I was kidding dude
Police stations don't have a voicemail box normally. If it reached voicemail they probably didn't call the station itself but probably a detective or officer on their private line.
They caller an investigators work phone probbaly their desk phone
Don't be a black male homeowner with a big check at CHASE.. Some things change, some things don't..
This is absolutely outrageous! They need to buy that man a car paid in full!
This happened 10 years ago but i still feel awful for him. He didnt deserve to go to jail for a check issued to him.
The million dollars he won in the lawsuit probably helped take the sting out of that burn though ☺️
Good for him. Chase bank is crooked.
@@katgenn-winkler1754 he deserved more than a million. Poor guy!
Sue Chase Bank 🏦 for every penny they have. The employee should’ve been terminated immediately 😳
He got a million dollars from the settlement
Should've gotten like 20 its chase they've a cancer on this county for years
@@Athedrivein You should use thaofh bank.Good way to save money
Chillll i got an account there
Which employee should’ve lost their employment immediately? Can you specify? Someone at Chase bank, the local police department, or maybe the towing company that towed his car? Don’t be so quick to judge based on a media report. Gather some information, preferably facts, and come to an educated and informed opinion. Otherwise the next person you come across at your place of employment may demand you lose your livelihood regardless if you are to blame. You know, just because of how they feel.
This is from 9 years ago.
And, to think that these scumbags had _just_ been bailed out by American taxpayers for the financial meltdown that they, themselves, caused.
I hope, nine years later, this gentleman has sued them for damages and harm to the fullest possible extent since then.
He got a million apparently, paid for by us probably
@@cody4916 I thought that chase paid the sum of money. I may be wrong.
@@patt8682 yea, but a lot of big companies got millions to billions during the pandemic (not counting profits they made)
@@cody4916 good for him! He deserved his million!
@@tacticallemon7518 This was over 10 years ago.
Poor bastard! Lawsuit is the only option, glad an attorney stepped up.
They need to do something to the employees that started that mess and compensate him for the loss of his freedom, job, time and anything else.
I'm happy for him that he won the money but the experience will never go away.
@Margaret Kpeh Put a sock in it
@@real_Mr.NiceGuy looks like you scared her off. Idk what she said but good job. Lol
@@real_Mr.NiceGuy what did she say?
That September he was arrested for grand theft auto for stealing a Nissan from a dealership. It was a big scene too. He had barricaded himself in his house and the SWAT team had to be called in. Pretty shitty to read because he seemed like a nice guy.
@@posysdogovych2065 link??
What about the police’s responsibility. They just lock up a man, charge him with a felony on the say of some bank teller? Really?
Yes. They provided proof... granted their proof wasn't, but the bank would be the experts that would tell you that it is. Similar to when people are arrested for theft or rape.
Joshua d I'd demand proof of said fraud. The check had a fking number on it and the post office carries records that show where the pick up and drop offs are and he has records from the irs that show it wenr to the bank. i'd want that woman fired and anyone who gave her the go-ahead over the phone
This is ridiculous! That poor man!!
What a really pleasant , calm and respectful young man. Hope he sues the backside off these financial piranhas
They need to arrest the banks teller and all involved.
That guy really got screwed over. If he hasn't already, he should get a different bank, and he should definitely talk to his lawyer about suing Chase.
10 years ago, but this poor man. I hope his life is going better now.
I’m glad he has an attorney. I smell a big payout coming.
Thankfully he got paid 1million about this but it still took like a decade or something to reach there.
@@TrulySamuel It didn't take a decade, they reached the settlement in 2011, about a year after the incident.
@@Murchad99 Nice, to be honest I’d love for this to happen to me. Haha
@@CalebJNelson The fact that most people would say this says a lot about the US.
@Light Sage
Hey you are a smart dude how did you figure that out. Lol🤣🤣
I hope he sued the shit out of everyone
Geronimo McDuggins No I dont know him not sure why you think I have to and what do you mean is he "my peoples?" Do people have to know each other to want justice?
Geronimo McDuggins Aww...you’re upset because this man is about to get justice. I’m sorry your feelings are hurt 😢😆🌨❄️❄️
And stand on what grounds? He deposited a $7,000 check into a $600 defunct account. Leaves and doesn't come back until the next day. Not a leg to stand on and he knows it. THAT is why he hasn't.
Sandyat Thebeach Are you serious? "On what grounds?" Chase deducted their overdraft fees and issued a negotiable instrument payable to this man; Failure to honor negotiable instrument. Then he was unable to cash his check because of what because they were suspicious?!?! Why does his goddamn occupation matter and why was he questioned when he had a damn cashier's check issued by Chase themselves...racial discrimination and negligence by filing false charges; negligent infliction of emotional distress, and the list goes on depending on what jurisdiction he is in.
Sandyat Thebeach so you go jail?
APPALLING ...so disgusting ...sue them for enough to pay off his house...how dare they this poor man like a criminal...thankyou for helping him
Congratulations! You are gonna be a millionaire! You've been through a lot. You deserve it.
Now, I won’t even CONSIDER doing business with Chase AT ALL!!!
Good call. I worked for them for years. I bank elsewhere.
They're woke fuckers. So lets cancel them :) hahaha give back their medicine!
@@ferngrows6740 How was it? I start next week?
@@AE-kd4kr idk, do you start next week?
They're really going to miss your 80 bucks
He should have sued the hell out of chase bank. WTH?!?!😡😡😡😡😡
That's what he is doing
@@Stefan-jk5gx Seeing as this is a clip from 2011, i really hope that he has already gotten some serious cash from that bank already. If not, it's about time for the media to do a revisit of this case.
I hope he got a nice settlement.
*AND THEN PROMPTLY STOLE A HUMMER FROM A DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARRESTED HIM!!*
UPDATE: Representatives for both Chase Bank and Ikenna Njoku’s law firm Peterson Young Putra now confirm to Seattle Weekly that a settlement has been reached between Chase and Njoku for an undisclosed amount of money.
“The case has been amicably resolved and we are happy,” says Eva Cole, a representative for Peterson Young Putra, refusing to elaborate.
I hope his lawsuit takes chase out to lunch! Days in jail! Stolen money! Lost is car, his job! This is a clear case and the bank is outrageous! He should have gotten a lawyer immedately!
Would have only taken them a minute to verify the issuance of their own check! I hope he got a massive payout because it was deserved.
I went to cash a check from an injury and the lady acted like it was a crime for me to get all if my money in cash. Then she wanted to k ow what I was using it for, I'm like, I'm using it for what I want!
@Eric Van 🤣🤣🤣
Should have said...'I'm going to gift it to the first non racist bank teller I meet".
She was trying to have a conversation with you to uncover if you can benefit from opening an account at the bank. You know doing her job. But you may be right, she was probably just out to confirm her personal suspicions that you in fact could be a criminal.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ianburton8050 🤣
"this cheque seems fake cause I don't think you could possibly earn this money looking like that"
"let's just leave a message. Its a Friday night after all and I wanna go home
It was also bc he had just bought a house so it looked strange to just pull out 8k
@@ytpancho Why is this strange?
@@TouchofShunshine Bc we don't know anything about his mortgage rate. I don't think theirs anything wrong with asking questions if you brought in a good amount of money after a down payment. The bank always wants to know where ur money comes from. The actions that followed after like accusing the man of having a fake check was fucking stupid and that woman should be apprehended or dismissed from her job especialy after what happened. But I'm mostly challenging the idea of the person just simply using the race card.
@@ytpancho How can they play a card if there isn't a game. The game is racism. Do you actually think that bank tellers ask people how they earn their money? The law states that banks have to report all deposits that are $10, 000 or greater. This check was under $10,000. She told him that he doesn't look like he should have that money. She told off on herself. She told him that she didn't believe that he even bought a house. She came straight out with her racism basing her judgments off of his looks.
@@ytpancho Plus, people judge people based on their looks every day. For example, attractive people are treated better, goth people are treated differently, the handicap is treated differently, a person dressed in a suit is treated differently, so why is it so difficult for people to think that people also judge based on skin color, especially, with this country's history.
This is heartbreaking,!!!💔💔💔
I hope you sued and had a great settlement to pay for your house!🤣🤣🤣
Chase should pay for this
CJ Esposito I so agree. That was wrong of Chase
They should pay huge!
I'm sure they did. Of course, we never get to hear how these kinds of stories turn out, but I have no doubt that Chase ended up paying Mr. Njoku a fair amount of money to settle the matter.
Captain Quirk 100K is fair, don't you think? 100K for Chase is like $5 for the average Joe.
Yeah, I'd give him $100 K or so. Sounds about right. Maybe even a little more, considering how egregious their conduct was, and especially since he had to hire a lawyer.
They owe him his lifetime salary and a new car.
The algorithm has united us once again
Sue the heck out of them and fire that person who said it was a fake check. Also I was a chase bank customer and they suck! I had one employee tell me to run from them and get a different bank
The 461 dislikes are chase employees
LoL 🤣
Lmfao
Good one bruH 🤣
depends on the city and state
Bill Turner why you gotta make this about race?
Respect for his laid back attitude. Hopefully he's reasonably compensated for that shit storm he had to weather.
That laid back attitude is not going to get him anywhere.
Why do people like you expect people who are innocent to be nice?
@@mimIsra1 old.seattletimes.com/html/theblotter/2016209199_man_wrongfully_accused_by_bank.html
@@tigersharkzh so your point to post was?
@@mimIsra1 support for your statement about innocent people not being nice people just because they are innocent in that one case.
"i was just like whoa, you're making a mistake, you know, you're making a big mistake, you know don't take me to jail you know, uhh i got work tomorrow you know i cant afford to, to miss work" - The Man jailed for cashing Chase check at Chase Bank
Good. He deserves it how DARE he follows the law! UNACCEPTABLE
They should pay for all his losses, his pain and suffering, and there should be a penalty award. That particular branch needs a new teller and manager.
the damn bank should pay the poor guy the damages he incurred. I would sue the bank for a million bucks. Boycott this bank!
I would sue the bank and the city for 50 million bucks each.
UPDATE: Representatives for both Chase Bank and Ikenna Njoku’s law firm Peterson Young Putra now confirm to Seattle Weekly that a settlement has been reached between Chase and Njoku for an undisclosed amount of money.
“The case has been amicably resolved and we are happy,” says Eva Cole, a representative for Peterson Young Putra, refusing to elaborate.
I use to bank at Chase. They will not call or send a letter about any account being closed by them. They won't even call or notify you about suspicious activity. They closed my savings account without telling me just because it didn't have the balance needed to keep it open and I wasn't even notified about the balance. I also found out someone had used my card online to perches a subscription and never knew until a couple months later when a letter came in saying I was over drawn and owed them over 200 bucks. I argued for over a hour about that shit and I had never used my card online since I got it 4-5 years before that happened which should have been a red flag. I refused to pay. After that they did a investigations and found out it wasn't me but tried making me pay for the investigation. I went straight to a credit union and opened up a account there and had my checks cashed at that place ever since and have had no problems except when I used my card once to pay for a car part online for my grandma of which it was taken care of quickly. Chase Bank is a worthless bank to go to.
I already have boycott chase lol 😂
@@malibuluv209 old.seattletimes.com/html/theblotter/2016209199_man_wrongfully_accused_by_bank.html
I would sue the bank and the police department. Throwing someone in jail without a shred of evidence only on the word of a bank employee is outrageous and should be penalized.
This man deserves compensation. It makes no sense how their own check could not be verified! What a ridiculous situation. Chase owes him for that weekend in jail.
Apparently he had a million dollar settlement.
Chase needs to pay this man for loss of job, car and pain &suffering AND delay in processing their mistake properly. I would say at minimum $100,000. Chase is outrageous and must be taught a lesson to not repeat such nonsense.
2dasimmons more like a couple million
Only thing is they would pay him with a check. Deja vu much?
I agree. Make that suit DEEP in the millions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2dasimmons he’s gonna need much more than $100,000 to get a vehicle to secure a job & get caught up on whatever they screwed him over with!
2dasimmons They reached out a settlement.
So whether a check is considered real or fake has much to do with the biases of the people in the branch. I don't see how Chase couldn't verify their own check.
luc vd meulenhof
Lol. Oh, it's ME making it a race issue...not the bank employees? I see. Clearly, it's the person commenting on the racial issue who is at fault, not the employees' being biased toward the black guy. Apparently some people are incapable of even SEEING things fairly.
Godstrumpet2010 it's called dark skin!!!!!
Luc vd meulenhof, evidently you think it's a race thing. Godstrumpet2010, made a logical observation. This applies regardless of race.
Godstrumpet2010 they could have verified the check the whole thing stinks but chase is a huge crook. And owes Americans millions that they stole in the housings crash they help to create, and chase is not going to Survive pass this decade unless it changes internally because little people made JP Morgan Chase and we will take you down!
All lives matter sometimes
How sickening
Well he did end up turning a 8k check and a 15k car to a million but that whole ordeal must have been hell
This is so hard to see. You can hear it in his voice he just wants to live an honest life :( breaks my heart
he stole a hummer a few months after this was uploaded lol
@@Dryyskull yea ok buddy
@@willy102073 no he literally did you can google it 😭
@@Dryyskull and? the bank ruined his life
@ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • 13 years ago just Google his name haha
That woman should be brought up on changer's and then fired
"Changer's?" You obviously meant charges, but that's far beyond a simple typo. How did you pull that off?
bassman5123 not sure if serious or elaborate troll...
agreed and suied personally and her face and name shown on the public media to shame her and her family.
yeah, she should be charged with making a mistake in the 3rd Degree. Moronic.
She should have been charged with false arrest at the very least.
That's scarey. I hope the victims attorney got him the relief he so much deserves.
That's some dodgy ass domino effect. Stay strong,stay put and hope you're lawyer successfully sues chase, bank manager etc.
All lawyers for a bank at fault: "Reviewing the case, will call back."
They won't do a thing about your complaints until your lawyers with a large budget call them and serve them papers.
They need to buy him the same car, give him the full amount of the original check, and pay him about $500,000 in punitive damages.... AND issue a public apology..... AND fire the teller, her boss, and the cops who made the arrest.
Wait a minute here Mr. Elmezian. Why do you say, "They don't need to do anything........" What are you? Who are you? Judging from your sentence, you can 't be anyone of substance......putting a comma where a period or a semicolon should be and your use of the colloquialism term, "dudes". Surely you must know that in a matter such as this, this person should be made whole for the inconveniences he experienced. If you don't know this, it is you who is "clueless".
I look forward to seeing a response from you Mr. EL-ME-ZI-AN. I've got a sneaky suspicion that your writing will reveal your ignorance! Give me two or more sententences, o.k.
@Michael Elmezian what? Your comment literally makes no sense. How is op responsible for locking people up on bs charges? Are you sober?
If only. Then maybe they wouldn’t make the mistakes anymore
All of what you stated is what should happen except firing the cop's. As much as I distrust cop's, they bear no fault here.
It was nice of Chase to help this guy retire before turning 29. Can I sign up for that program??? Please????
The chase bank needs to be investigate for their behavior against customers. They need to be held accountable for their actions.
Sue that bank---another example of high handed bastards at a BANK !!!!
Racist
Anthony Peter Senecal Until
Bankers and their lackey at police departments are the enemies of 99% of the world.
Police function to protect the bankers from their crimes against humanity.
Proof of why people should not do business with this company.
The police and Chase Bank need too pay that fellow hundreds of thousands of dollars for the incompetent people that handled his case and got him arrested. And Millions of dollars for emotional and physical trauma that he went thru by being arrested and losing is money and his car by the actions of a few incompetent fools.
This is racial profiling at its very worst ! The person at the Bank Counter is a racist. Asking him what he does for a living and where he got such money is disrespectful. The man should demand compensation for losing his job and Car. It's so annoying! Yet, for a whole year that kept quiet on the matter believing that accepting they made a mistake was enough.
Ikenna Njoku is a Nigerian name from the Eastern part of the country. I am from the Western part of Nigeria so I immediately found interest in this video as I was watching it. I wish he had taken action by getting a Lawyer much earlier. Imagine spending days in Jail despite being innocent. Can any employee or the owners of the so called "Chase Bank" be pleased if this had happened to any member of their Families ? Terrible, wicked racists !!!😑
He deserves millions after this... this situation is disgusting.
He settled with Chase and accepted their apology back in 2011.
InuKun2008 how much?
Zombie Prodigy no he doesn't
How much
I googled his name and keyword "Chase" ..... several articles that I read said "a settlement has been reached between Chase and Njoku for an *undisclosed amount* of money."
Damm, that's really messed up, jailing a man for their mistake, him loosing his job and his car, because of their negligence, sad
Don't forget criminal record for life mug shots and finger prints he is in the system for life it will never be removed... He can get a pardon but that just puts things in a envelope and seals it but it can be opened again by law enforcement asking a judge...
@@peterrivney552 if the charges never go to court proper he has no record and he should be able to petition that his fingerprint records are expunged unless he has his records in for something like concealed weapons permits
@@peterrivney552 There is no forgery on his record.
In the old days we had a Feudal system. There were Kings and Queens, and we were subjects. Today commercial Banks create most of the money we use out of thin air and loan it to us. If you and I have to work for money, but someone comes along and just creates it out of thin, inevitably they will own and control everything. They have gotten so powerful that they are above the law.
“System errors”
“Missed voicemail”
Uh huh. Sure guys. I’m sure these were all honest mistakes with no malice behind them
I would sue Chase and the police. That isn’t cool at all. Not only was his car gone but he probably have that on his criminal record and chase will keep going on with life knowing that something small like that won’t impact him
There was no case against the police. They were doing their jobs. Chase was WRONG ON ALL ACCOUNTS. The police had to act on the complaint and of course, did not investigate the case any further because the bank alleged he is guilty and because he is a black man, the accusation must be true. Any IDIOT working at the bank should have had the intelligence to locate a live person at the police station rather than leave a voice mail concerning someone that was falsely imprisoned by Chase's RIDICULOUS ERRORS. Love Chase bank's IDIOT response that they're investigating the matter. MORE DOUBLE TALK OR DENIAL that Chase has done anything wrong. Statement by Chase's attorney should have been "REMOVE YOUR MONEY FROM THIS BANK IMMEDIATELY! WE ARE IDIOTS IF WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE LEGITIMATE CHECKS THAT CHASE HAS ISSUED.
Sue police for what? Their job?
police have every right to impound and sell your car once it is in their hands legally.
Except it wasn't in their hands legally, he didn't commit a crime, so it wasn't theirs to take. They stole it.
He was never sentenced so not on his record
This is madness...locked up, lost his job, and his car, he deserves big damages, and should get them, no question about it.
D L He May have. He may not have wanted that job back cause it’ll look better during the lawsuit that he lost his job. I’d do the same thing & take these fuckers for all they’re worth.
Exactly ! The only language these corporate A- holes understand is money . Maybe if this ends up costing them big money and lots of lost customers and business they will learn their lesson . But I wouldn't count on it . They will just jack up fees to cover their losses .
@@DL-ep5uk 'why wouldn't his employer reconsider and take him back??' He was gone basically a week. Many on demand jobs require someone actually there, if someone is missing they have to replace them immediately, and then you have that new person on the job. Not his fault, but not necessarily theirs either that they had to replace him.
He deserves to be paid at least $500,00 for this fiasco. Chase should fire the person who set this false forgery charge in motion.
That’s bull the charge will follow him forever even though they dropped it.