Chase Bank declares woman dead, messing up her credit

[Liberal_in_LA]

Lawsuit: Chase Bank declared Fla. woman dead

A central Florida woman says she's having numerous financial troubles because of a bank error that caused Chase Bank USA to declare her dead last November.

Wrenella Pierre has filed a lawsuit and Chase officials said Monday they're investigating how the mistake happened.

When Pierre and her husband built their home in 2007, they got two mortgages through Chase.

According to the lawsuit, the bank notified credit-reporting agencies last year that Pierre had died. They sent a letter of condolence to the family, saying someone from the bank would be in touch about the mortgage.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/07/12/national/a050331D34.DTL#ixzz1RukO2HNO

[PoliticAverse]

1. The Social Security administration apparently does this often...

"It comes as no surprise to Kathrine Neubauer that in a 10-year stretch, the Social Security Administration mistakenly listed more than 30,000 living people as dead."

http://www.redding.com/news/2011/jul/09/declared-dead-denied-credit/

[HopeHoops]

2. I could see where that might have a slight negative impact on one's credit rating.

[Enrique]

3. Chase: "Wrenella Pierre sleeps with the fishes." n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. JP morgan Chase got $25 billion in TARP then bought state bonds

JP Morgan Chase is an evil bank company they had CRIMINAL felony charges against 9 executives and the DOJ let them off with a fine.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. The key is, to not think of death as the ruination of your credit...

...but as more of a very effective way to cut down on your expenses. Hat tip to Woody Allen.