VivirLatino

The story is from the Chicago area. It’s hard to believe in this day and age stuff like this still happens:

A growing list of customers of U.S. Bank in Highwood, most of them Mexican immigrants who speak little English, say their savings and other accounts are missing or have been depleted without their permission…

“It’s sad,” Garrett said. “Many of these residents don’t trust anybody. They feel they might be deported.”

The allegations come as banks have been trying to build trust among immigrant populations, which the industry sees as an untapped customer base, experts say.

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