Eugene Breault
Complaint 336781 Details

I received an email regarding a job offer on my Ohio State University student email. The job was advertised as a job for a business assistant. The offer said there would be a weekly salary of $350. My job was to keep track of records and communicate between a supplier and the businesses agents. I submitted my information and received an email saying I had been approved by their administration. They provided instructions in an email and informed me that I would be receiving a check for the amount of $2973.22 through overnight express from UPS on Thursday Jan.29. The instructions said to deposit the check into my bank account and ask the banker when the funds would be available. The banker said within 24-48 hours. I was instructed to withhold my salary of $350 from it and send the rest to the supplier for the agents supplies. I was instructed to purchase money orders from usps for the amount of $2570(2 money orders for $1000 each and 1 for $570). I withdrew the funds on Saturday Jan.31 and purchased the money orders from a Fifth Third bank instead of usps (they cost $1.25 each). Then I was to ship the money orders to the supplier(Eugene Breault, 1054 N. Ardmore Ave Apartment#2 Los Angeles, CA 90029) through fedex over night express(costs of shipping $38.50). I did this on Jan.31 and updated Donald Craig on the status of the shipment. The shipment was to arrive Monday Feb.2.There was a remaining $10.97 they said to save for the next transaction. On Tuesday Feb. 3 I checked my bank account balance and it had gone negative. I called my bank(Huntington) inquiring what had happened. They said a hold had been placed on the check(after I had already asked when the funds would be available and they were released to me). Huntington said they would not be able to provide me with any more information until their Holds department opened. The check was returned and was a fraudulent check. They said it had been altered and was missing the water mark. I got a copy of the check from the bank, it was from Piedmont Hospital, 1968 Peachtree Rd NW Atlanta Georgia 30309. From SunTrust Bank. I called them and they said something like this had happened before. The bankers said I was not protected by them at all and that I was at fault. They withdrew the amount of the bounced check from my personal earnings. One of them said "Well don't take checks from strangers";. The money orders were cashed Feb.5 Between 12-3pm today. All of my personal funds have be siezed and my bank account is overdrawn.