Location: FL, USA. I (25 F) desperately need help. yesterday was my birthday and right before my birthday dinner my (ex?) bf (26M) just dropped a huge bomb on me. he told me that while i was sleeping last night he cashapped all my money in my bank account (over $8K in checking and savings) to himself and left me with barely $300 and gambled it all away. i have filed a dispute with cashapp and was going to file one with my bank but they told me that they would have to lock my card for the time being and i wouldn’t have been able to pay for my birthday dinner. (he was supposed to pay for it and he had money saved,but he gambled that away as well). i don’t know what to do. i get paid on friday. it’s early wednesday morning typing this. but it still won’t be all the money that he threw down the drain. i don’t want him to go to jail for what he did. nor do i want this to be a long court battle. i just want my money back as soon as possible. thanks all.
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NAL but The only way to get your money back is to press charges on your bf for fraud I doubt your bank is just gonna just give you that much money back without any legal action. Your bf seriously needs some help gambling addictions are real and ruin life’s.
If you don’t want to press charges and you don’t want to go to court legal advice is the wrong sub.
Sounds like you allowed him to have 8k. Unless you didn’t, which means he stole it, which is a crime and would need to be reported to the police to have any hope of having cashapp or the bank take you seriously.
File the dispute with your bank, it’s worth it to lock the card while they figure it out. With the transactions coming from your phone it’s very possible you’ll have to file a police report to get your money back. Whether or not your boyfriend goes to jail for it, it’s not on you, he shouldn’t have stolen from you. How long ago was the theft? Was it Monday night? The sooner you report the transactions as fraudulent the better.
Also, change your passwords and lock your phone. You should also check your credit to make sure he hasn’t used your info to open credit cards.