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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2342827 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Wed Dec 30deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
Mrs S complains that the Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax froze her Halifax bank accounts after they spotted activity which they thought looked fraudulent.Funds blocked or frozen
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2342827.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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