Thousands of Dollars ‘Stolen’ From Legendary Boxing Promoter’s Bank Account
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Legendary boxing promoter Lou DiBella sounded off on his bank following a mishap by one of their branches resulting in him losing thousands of dollars. DiBella is one of the most famous promoters in boxing. Thus, it’s no surprise he needs some good financial help to keep his wealth secure.
However, it looks like his current bank, Capital One is not keen on retaining one of their biggest clients after making a mistake costing DiBella thousands of dollars. Moreover, this has gotten to the point DiBella had to take to Twitter and publically ranted about his bank.
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Lou DiBella rants about his stolen funds
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DiBella came out swinging and stated that the bank had cashed a stolen check that he wrote to Amex paying the funds to a random lady. Moreover, he added that there was another cheque that the bank misplaced and ended up paying the wrong person.
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In October, @CapitalOne bank cashed a stolen check that I wrote to Amex for many thousands of dollars, that wasn’t altered, paying the proceeds to some random lady who signed it! They also wrongly paid on a check to Barclays Bank, also not altered, that wasn’t…— Lou DiBella (@loudibella) December 10, 2022
In his next tweet, he claimed that the money was deducted from his account and had not been recovered. In addition, he sounded off on the service he was getting from the bank stating that he had already visited the bank on multiple occasions but saw no progress.
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… endorsed AT ALL. The money was taken from my account, and hasn’t been restored, though #CapitalOne is to blame. I’ve been given the runaround for two months, can’t get help at my branch, have been put on hold 1000 times, and have been treated like I’m the one who f’ed up! …
— Lou DiBella (@loudibella) December 10, 2022
In the next tweet, he added that despite not being at fault Capital One was not returning the amount stolen from his bank account.
… I’m sitting here seething, as I’ve had hassles with both @AmericanExpress and @Barclays despite correctly writing checks that were improperly cashed by @CapitalOne. Most infuriating is that #CapitalOne won’t restore the stolen money despite KNOWING that this is on them! …
— Lou DiBella (@loudibella) December 10, 2022
Moreover, he then revealed that the bank had opened an ‘investigation’ to look into the matter. However, DeBella then stated that this was a farce as the bank itself was to blame for this whole fiasco.
… They claim that they’ve opened an “investigation”. What are they investigating, themselves?? My @CapitalOne branch employees concede that protocols weren’t followed by their bank and that these checks should not have been cashed as presented, yet THEY WON’T MAKE MY …
— Lou DiBella (@loudibella) December 10, 2022
Lastly, he called out the bank for their poor service and failed attempts to restore his money back. He also warned his audiences to conduct any kind of business with the bank at their own risk. In addition, he had one last two worded message for the bank that lost his money.
… ACCOUNT WHOLE. Shameful! Do business with @CapitalOne at your own risk! I have NEVER dealt with a more automated, less professional, more disrespectful, or less humane financial institution. I’m just Case ID 20221122000189Z to them. One last thing, @CapitalOne… pic.twitter.com/Za4kNFxFPN
— Lou DiBella (@loudibella) December 10, 2022
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Dibella was certainly not happy with his current bank to the point he had to publically call them out. However, this is understandable given that he is a boxing promoter and does business involving a lot of moving parts.
He will now be looking to change his bank and will be more than happy to part ways with Captial One after this debacle.
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Arijit Saha
