COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – A Midlands veteran has recovered more than $70,000 in lost savings after criminals with counterfeit checks drained a Truist Bank account, which sparked a legal battle over accountability.
Robert Johnson Jr., an 84-year-old retired Command Sergeant Major who made two 18-month deployments to Vietnam, has been a loyal customer of the bank for decades.
Over a period of a few weeks in late 2024, Truist paid out nine checks that appeared to be from his account…