By poor man - 26/11/2014 14:13 - United States - Fort Lauderdale

Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. FML
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Same thing different taste

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meggieeeee92 27

How did they get access to your account? And doesn't the bank notify you when you take out a large amount of money? Your parents are ****** up and should be paying you back for their stupidity.

ahippienamedrae 10

That sucks, OP. Maybe you can get them to pay you back eventually ):

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I wouldn't want my children around them until they are more mature than your parents. So about 10 years old.

see I wouldn't care if it was my parents I'd be going to the police for the simple reasons that is theft. they took YOUR money without YOUR permission. my dad had access to my account once upon a time and if he ever did anything like that I would be demanding my money back. It was not their money to spend, not without permission anyway.

I'd "take it back from them" or take it out on their cars with a 9-iron. That's ****** up, and no one should have to deal with that.

Or they can call the police, depending on their relationship with their parents. Depending on the state law, it's a felony sense it's over $1000. But I would only do that if they have a poor relationship with their family. I would be pretty mad.

Print out your bank statement that shows the money they took out, and sue them for it. That's a lot of money. Parents or not, they can't steal your money.

They should have watched The Wolf of Wall Street

Sounds like OP is a minor. I had to have my bank account connected with my moms for a few years but when I turned 18 I changed banks. I know in my state you can't have a checking account but you can have a savings if you are under 18. Maybe if you can't do that find a safe place to hide the money.

You could report them for theft as they took the money without your permission...