Boing Boing

Boing Boing

How Chase froze $180k and left a tech consultant scrambling

Mark Frauenfelder

Aug 23, 2024
∙ Paid

Image by Tallmaple / shutterstock.com
Image by Tallmaple / shutterstock.com

A machine learning engineer and consultant named Jason Liu wrote about how Chase bank froze $180,000 of his money with no warning. He couldn't make payroll, and Chase refused to tell him why it froze the funds. After Liu pushed, Chase said it was going to close his account and mail a cashier's check, which turned out…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Boing Boing.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Happy Mutants LLC · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture