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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yes, excellent point. For whatever it’s worth to anyone else, I have always understood IOLTA funds must be “collected” (not just “available”) before being used in any way.
I have always required staff (and myself) to monitor “collected” balances in our banks’ online reporting; and we do not even write checks (much less mail them) until funds show as
<u>collected</u>. (In banking terms, I think these are funds “paid” to the depositary bank, i.e., paid to my bank holding my IOLTA account. Once “paid,” I do not believe there is recourse against the depositary bank’s customer, but perhaps I am wrong on that
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I’m not sure that “these days” it suffices just to wait a default number of days given the various experiences I’ve observed. Maybe so, but if one has the ability to monitor
“collected” funds, according to what bankers have told me, that is the gold standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All the best, Josh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Fry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 18, 2023 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a fyi. I am aware of a title company that got taken with a forged cashier’s check. Title Co. accepted the check and closed the same day, handing keys to buyer. Check was a forgery. Lesson: Cashier’s checks can be forged.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our own rules of professional conduct require us to not utilize funds deposited into our IOLTA account via check/cashier’s check until a reasonable time has elapsed. For cashier’s checks that is usually 3 business days after deposit. For
regular checks, that is 10 business days after deposit.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Marcus<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer L White<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 18, 2023 12:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Katie! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, is a wire transfer in the same category? What about just regular checks? Actual green cash?????<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The one I posted about yesterday started with a cashiers check….now that you have posted about the internal bank fraud processes, I bet all of the oddball run around demands by the branch folks that made no legal sense, were some kind of
cover while the other dept did their due diligence. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What tips can you provide that we can give to clients to help them avoid these account freezings?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Smith Patel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 18, 2023 11:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">No problem. I wanted to add one more piece that could be helpful. Because a couple of you mentioned cashier’s checks, I wanted to point out that cashier’s checks and money orders are the top tools of money launderers, so those are going
to be very problematic and will be highly likely to trigger alerts. Try depositing more than one with each one in the $8,000-9,999 range, and forget about it – your account is toast.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Katie Patel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua McKarcher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 18, 2023 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Chase Bank<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I assume I speak for hundreds of us when I say thank you for these two posts. To say that our world has gotten more complicated than it was even 4 years ago and 10 years ago much less 20 years ago is an understatement. Your two posts are
invaluable and incredibly generous. Best, Josh <o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> on behalf of Katie Smith Patel <<a href="mailto:katie@paracletelaw.com">katie@paracletelaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 17, 2023 3:31:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Chase Bank</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yes, it is all happening in a black box within the bank, and a lot of times, the bank employees outside of the fraud/AML compliance unit have no idea what is going on, only
that they aren’t allowed to tell the customer anything. Super helpful. Even when I left my compliance counsel role in 2019, the caseload for our financial crimes unit was impossibly high, and it was getting higher all the time. I can’t imagine any banks
are doing this well, and the regulatory fines for not looking closely enough are huge.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Another wrinkle I forgot to mention, is that within the “financial crimes” umbrella at financial institutions lies OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) and similar sanctions
lists (operate like no-fly lists). If something odd is going on with a client’s account, I have also seen where some very common names might be listed on OFAC or another sanctions list, or they might have a name similar to someone in a political role who
would be at high risk for bribery or other financial crime (PEP = politically exposed person). These will all trigger big alerts. I once helped a customer from suburban Houston fill out an application to get his frozen retirement accounts back from OFAC
by explaining he (obviously) was not a brigadier general of the Venezuelan army in spite of having the same common name as someone who was. If I hadn’t been there to do his application, he probably would have been told nothing and had his retirement accounts
frozen indefinitely. It’s easy to search OFAC online – you just go to OFAC’s website - though there are dozens of other lists from other governments also (with a lot of crossover with OFAC), along with PEPs. People with common Spanish names are at risk of
being confused with common names on drug cartel OFAC lists, and as new names get added all the time, they might not know it until they try to open their next financial account.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On Wendy’s original comment that the treatment may be race-based, while I don’t know the circumstances, based on my experiences, this is often a legitimate concern. I had
to guide financial crimes analysts away from filing suspicious activity reports with FinCEN purely based on things like being Mexican and having a lot of money. Again, there would be no recourse because they are prohibited from telling you they filed anything.
You should absolutely raise any suspicions of bias with those in higher positions at the institution, because that absolutely may be happening.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Katie Patel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paraclete Estate Planning, LLC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(323) 356-4886</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">112 Genessee Street</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Medford, OR 97504</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Moen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 17, 2023 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Chase Bank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you for this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have a new hire from out of town who opened a new local account. Modest deposit and frozen one week later. The bank refused to provide any information whatever. The bank
reported only that the freeze would last for two months and then the bank would report further.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I had never heard of such a thing and then learned about the “alerts” that you describe below and how the hands of the bank are tied by federal law.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This could happen to anyone and with no apparent recourse. Devastating for a person with only one bank account and living paycheck to paycheck.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good practical advice from you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks again,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Smith Patel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 17, 2023 1:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <</span><a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Chase Bank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">Peter Neilson is the global head of financial crimes for Chase Bank. Title your email subject line, “Complaint” or somewhere prominently use the word “complaint”
specifically to trigger statutory complaint handling processes. Explain briefly that you believe that their fraud or anti-money laundering controls have failed.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">Something similar happened to me with Chase Bank a few years ago. I emailed Peter Neilson and I imagine he forwarded it down the chain until it got to someone
who gasped, “this came from… PETER!” and immediately acted on it. My husband had just opened our account with his contact information, and yet I am the one who received an apologetic call 2 days after my email that everything was henceforth fixed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">Ironically, I used to work in anti-money laundering and fraud compliance. Large financial institutions have a lot of behind-the-scenes and automated processes
to handle the large volume of potential suspicious activity. I perceived that Chase’s anti-money laundering alert reviews are handled off shore in countries with cheaper, but not necessarily better, labor. Anti-money laundering regulations will prohibit
them from telling you what their suspicions are based on whatever alert was triggered. What will happen is an alert is triggered based on whatever parameters are set, someone off shore reviews it but doesn’t do their job properly and the next thing you know,
your account is frozen and they can’t tell you anything about why, leaving you helpless with no channels for recourse. Chase’s alert threshold seems to be set very low. All we did was transfer $100 into the account twice and they froze the account and wouldn’t
tell us why. Fortunately I knew: somebody incompetent skipped through their alerts that day.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">Getting someone higher up to pass it down to them worked for me; hopefully it will work for your client.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white">Best of luck, and I am happy to help answer any additional questions that arise as you try to resolve this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paraclete Estate Planning, LLC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(323) 356-4886</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua McKarcher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 17, 2023 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <</span><a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Chase Bank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">I have precisely one contact at a Chase branch who has proven heroic . . . but three years ago. If she replies to my email, she would do whatever she would be able to do, if anything. I’m so sorry for what I’m reading below; it just shouldn’t
“be like this,” but somehow it is. For whatever it’s worth, I had a PR client deposit also a CASHIER’S CHECK from Wells Fargo to fund a new estate account at US BANK, and the latter put a 5-day hold on the new account as well. Here I thought certified funds
were basically as good as wired funds, but silly me, no. They would not even call the branch – both are in our small area here, mere miles apart – and confirm funds or any of that stuff from “the old days.” Such is our world, even in the age of e-checks and
instant verification of accounts via Plaid and “all of it.” Alas . . .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Best, Josh <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Joshua D. McKarcher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">McKarcher Law PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">537 6th Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Clarkston, WA 99403<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">(509) 758-3345<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">(509) 758-3314 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><a href="mailto:josh@mckarcherlaw.com"><span style="color:#0086F0">josh@mckarcherlaw.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Goffe, Wendy S.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 15, 2023 1:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Chase Bank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I am trying to help a retired professor from the University of Washington. He is elderly and the treatment he has received from Chase is absolutely appalling and likely race
based. He opened an account in Normandy Park, closed his credit union account, and deposited a cashier’s check into the new Chase Account. He wrote a few checks, all of which bounced and was told there was a 2 week hold on his account because of the appearance
of possible fraud. At the end of 2 weeks re re-wrote the checks and they again bounced. He was told they extended the hold for 2 more weeks. He is in the middle of a remodel and can’t pay the people he has hired. They have stopped work. He has never bounced
a check in his life and is beside himself.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">He called the escalation unit and they sent it back to the branch. Does anyone know a person I can call who might be able to straighten this out?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:#4A6A8B">STOEL RIVES LLP</span></b> | <span style="color:black">600 University Street, Suite 3600 | Seattle, WA 98101<br>
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