Lombard man says Chase Bank abruptly froze over $40K of his money for weeks: 'It was extremely stressful'

LOMBARD, Ill. (WLS) -- A local man says he couldn't access tens of thousands of dollars, when his Chase Bank account was suddenly frozen.

He said he was getting the runaround until he reached out to the ABC7 Chicago I-Team for help.

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The local man says, for more than a month, he couldn't access his own money: $42,000 were frozen.

He says he was dealing with delays and unclear answers from the bank.

West suburban Lombard resident Jim Gibson says he was stunned when Chase suddenly locked him out of his account, blocking him from money he needed to pay bills and cover living expenses.

"I opened my Chase account on July 7 of this year. I regret that decision greatly," Gibson said.

Gibson says the mysterious freeze happened at the e