The Bank of Montreal has defrauded by deception $6.8 million dollars us and has not and will not have direct contact

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Customer: The Bank of Montreal has defrauded by deception $6.8 million dollars us and has not and will not have direct contact with us but thru Keystone Bank. We are concerned about the money that has been extorted from us that was to be returned to us in the first place you have not answered our questions and took the account down it looks like your intention was to never transfer that money to us all along. We have spent our resources and went in debt for this to happen. We have documentation of the deceptive way this has been handled. We are investigating our options to complaint and see what we can do to recover this money. We have been scammed and defrauded from our personal funds as well as our death benefit from a friend. No actual contact from the Bank of Montreal and Stuart Porteous. You contracted with this Bank. We want to know who was in charge of this account at the Bank of Montreal the account number an email for that individual. We need this information NOW. It should have been provided at the beginning.Please respond immediately. Martha and Robert Whittle
JA: Have you talked to a Quebec lawyer about this?
Customer: sent a message with the above info to keystone but no reply. what can I do? No what is the lawyers number or email address?
JA: The Lawyer will be able to walk you through that. What steps have you taken so far?
Customer: your my first contact, Montreal bank would not talk with me without the account number or other info that i can not provide
JA: Anything else you want the Lawyer to know before I connect you?
Customer: let me have a minute ok? thank you
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Edward, Expert

Greetings,

Firstly, I am sorry to hear what is happening. Can you clarify all the details from the beginning as to what happened and to the specific details of what happened? Also to clarify this is Just Answer platform.

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Martha Whittle became the beneficiary of 4.8 million us dollar death benefit upon the death of Phillip Gray Chambers a friend of hers. He fulfilled an engineering assignment for Chevron Oil Company for which he was paid $4.8 million us dollars. Chevron deposited the money with Apple Financial who was taken over by Starling Bank who was acquired by Keystone Capital Bank who then turned the money over to the Bank of Montreal. The Bank of Montreal then thru a agent of theirs Stuart Porteous the chief executive officer of Metis Earth Green Supplies***** Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 4E3 Tel(###) ###-#### The BOM then made a unilateral decision to charge us monies to make it appear that we were doing business in Canada to avoid any problems with the transfer of the $4.8 million dollars us. That money was to be returned to us and we would receive interest on the account. They did not fax, mail, email, or speak with us on the phone and we did not sign an agreement. They have gone thru Mr. Gerald Henning to relay their demands. He will not provide any of the information we have requested. Except for that we decided to trust that this was not a scam This was done by BOM and their agents. They have not provided any information as to who is handling this account, account number, email address, or phone number for contact. Stuart Porteous has not returned my calls or responded to my emails or texts. We thought we had arrived back in March 30th 2020 when the BOM wire transferred $6,234,800.97 to my bank America First Credit Union. Reference Number 3WI523321630070 checking number 1127. Because BOM did not do their due diligence the transfer failed. We had to figure out that there was a swift code needed for the transfer. We opened a account with US Bank which does have a swift code for international wire transfers. The BOM decided to continue demanding more money from us to make it appear that we are doing business in Canada. Draining our resources to meet their demands for more money. Now they have given us 24 hours to pay $40,000.00 or they will turn this account over to the International Monetary Fund. Nothing has been communicated about all the money that has been sent. It is looking like a scam on the part of the BOM to defraud us of our $6.8 Million dollars and our personal monies too. Having reviewed the above any questions? What is the cost to use your services? We were trying to lodge a complaint with the Banking Ombudsman. What can you do to help?
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Good Morning,

My concern here is what you are describing involves practices that banks in both the US and Canada would not follow. What is your relationship to Martha Whittle or Philip Gray in this situation since this whole process sounds like a potential scam operation being conducted against you. You can also file banking complaints with the appropriate banking agencies in both countries, which in the US you would file a complaint online with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/ or the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada - http://www.cancrc.org/english/complaint.html#:~:text=If%20you%20have%20a%20complaint,FCAC)%20and%20file%20a%20complaint.&text=The%20FCAC%20will%20determine%20whether,of%20a%20law%20or%20code.

Both agencies if you make a complaint will investigate the banks involved if there was any violation of the laws in this instance.

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I am Martha Whittles husband, we paid 20k to have the money sent to my bank account. I tried to respond earlier but the site was not working properly. What you confirmed was what I thought was right, and the complaint avenue s cited are on the internet search sites, how do I go About getting some results to resolve my problem?
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Edward, Expert

Your two options are either to file with law enforcement or any governmental agencies are discussed in my last response or taking the civil litigation route and have counsel send formal demand letters to the banks to resolve this issue or face a lawsuit from you.
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Can you suggest a Canadian lawyer who could work with me on this issue?
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Edward, Expert

Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 virus with some law firms limiting their days and hours of operation, I have been recommending to people to either contact the bar association in their location where they need assistance and use their lawyer referral service to get the names of a few different law firms that practice this area of law, (which is not to be confused with the bar association lawyer help line where you pay a nominal fee for 30 minutes - 1 hour chat with an attorney.The other option would be to look on the Canadian Bar Association - https://www.cba.org/For-The-Public/Find-A-Lawyer since they have been doing a good job updating which law firms are open and offering free consultations or consultations by phone or Zoom.
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That was very helpful information I will look in to that, may I contact you again?
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Certainly you can always reach out to me on the site or post a follow up question. When you have a moment, please consider leaving a 3 star or more rating on your star selection portion of your screen. It costs you nothing to leave a positive rating, it keeps this thread open if you want to post a follow up question later on and would it be greatly appreciated. Best Regards.
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Greetings,

Our thread is still open and awaits either a positive rating from you or a follow up question/comment. At your earliest convenience, please leave a positive rating of 3 stars or more on your star selection portion of your screen (where you see the 5 grey stars) or post any follow up question you have presently. There is no cost to provide a positive rating or a follow up question.

In the alternative, you can send a quick "Thank you, I'm good" message so I know to have this thread closed out. Best Regards...

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