Sunday, September 27, 2009

Man sues Bank of America for 1,784 billion, trillion dollars

Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service - really, really unhappy.

Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" be deposited into his account the next day. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000 (125,212,000 pounds), court papers show.

"Incomprehensible," U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said in a brief order released on Thursday in Manhattan federal court.



"He seems to be complaining that he placed a series of calls to the bank in New York and received inconsistent information from a 'Spanish woman,'" the judge wrote. "He apparently alleges that checks have been rejected because of incomplete routing numbers."

Bank of America faces real legal problems, including New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's threat to sue its chief executive and a judge's embarrassing rejection of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Yet the money Chiscolm wants could dwarf all the bank's other problems. It's larger than a sextillion dollars, or a 1 followed by 21 zeros. Chiscolm's request is equivalent to 1 followed by 22 digits.

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