COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) – A central Ohio couple said someone hacked into their bank account and withdrew large sums of money, but when they turned to their bank for help, they were blamed for it instead.
Confused and frustrated, the couple called Better Call 4 .
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“Refund what was stolen from our account and we’ll call it a day,” resident Eric Nickolas said. “I don’t want to profit from this, and we certainly didn’t, as they allege.”
It was just days after July 4, 2023, while in Florida that Pataskala resident Nickolas noticed some unusual activity in his Chase Bank account.
“I was perusing my bank account online, on the phone, and I noticed that approximately $24,000 was missing,” he said.
The money was withdrawn through four separate transactions.
“$4,300, $7,900, $6,900 and $4,200, and I asked my wife, ‘Have you moved money out of our home equity line of credit,” Nickolas said.
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His wife Brenda said she didn’t.