Bank has duty for fraudulently opened account
A federal District Court in Florida has held that a bank has a duty to avoid negligence in opening a bogus bank account for a nonprofit organization. When confronted with a claim that the organization's CFO had opened the account without authority and had withdrawn $360,000 for his personal benefit, the bank said it had no duty to the nonprofit because it was not a customer.
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