TROUTDALE, Ore. — A Troutdale man said $30,000 was recently stolen from his Chase business bank account in one day.
On March 18, Allan Roberts, a realtor, said he checked his Chase account and found dozens of withdrawals to various companies.
"I'm a realtor, but I have no idea who those people are," Roberts said.
Each withdrawal was less than $2,000. He suspects the threshold on amounts withdrawn was in order to not trigger any alerts.
"I'm not going to stand for that,” Roberts said. “Sorry, but nobody's going to steal $30,000 from me and not account for it."
In addition to tens of thousands taken from his Chase business account, Roberts said $8,000 was also transferred from another one of his Chase checking accounts to the business account. That money was withdrawn as well.
On March 18, Roberts also received hundreds of emails written in foreign languages, though he never clicked on any spam or gave out personal information, he said.
For close to a month, Roberts has been trying to get the money back. When he contacted Chase, he said his claim was denied twice because the company couldn’t prove Roberts didn’t withdraw the funds himself.
We reached out to Chase, and a spokesperson told KGW they are reviewing Roberts’ claim.
While the review continues, Roberts said he’s still without tens of thousands of dollars intended to be used in retirement.
"Call it a nest egg, call it whatever you will to a future retirement,” he said. “And for it to just be gone on one day, out of nowhere, to who knows where, it's beyond frustrating."
Roberts has also filed a police report and reached out to the FBI and Gov. Tina Kotek's office, he said. The governor’s office has filed a complaint with the Treasury Department, on Roberts' behalf, he added.
“It’s frustrating beyond belief,” Roberts said.