Update 5/22: Received this notification from coinbase today: "Your recent purchase failed. Until resolved, your ability to trade and transact is disabled.After 5 days, we will automatically sell cryptocurrency in your account to collect any outstanding payments." This is regarding me trying to buy 1000 worth of bitcoin through ach transfer earlier this week before lock happened. I spoke with a us banker and she said that the 1000 is still posted as paid on my account. If it didn't go through coinbase, wouldn't it be credited back to my bank account? Also received an email from coinbase today: "Due to suspicious activity on your account, we have increased the holding time before you can withdraw your funds by 9 business days. This is meant to protect you against fraud by ensuring that you authorized this purchase. No action is required on your part." I am confused as to what coinbase has to do with any of this other than me simply buying bitcoin on there.

There are a few of you that recommended I stop into the bank in person. I am not in Iowa. I am in Washington state. The only way i can contact original branch is over the phone. That branch manager is gone till Tuesday. However, that branch had me speak with one of the local branch managers, who i spoke with today, and he said that the decision has been made to close the account and he doubts that me speaking with original branch manager is going to change anything based on the info he's gotten from efraud. Iowa branch manager said hold could take some time because they are investigating all the transactions made. There were 11 of them made over a four day period.

I was on the phone with local Washington state banker while on the phone with iowa branch manager through conversation. Washington state banker suggested for iowa branch manager to reach out and email original branch manager which he ended up doing. Other than suggesting that there's probably nothing the original branch manager can do and suggesting that it will may take sometime for investigation, that was the end of the conversation.

Washington state banker also reached out through email and text to operations manager in washington state region to see if there's anything else we can do. She also reached out original branch manager through email in iowa to see if we can reach her before Tuesday. Ultimately we're trying to get funds released as soon as possible since theyve decided to close the account.

Looks like we're gonna have to wait till Tuesday.

****Update 5/21/2020: I called the branch and they said the manager isn't going to be available till tuesday because she's on vacation. I have rent due on saturday so I told them if we don't remove this lock I'm going to call the police.

*****Update 5/21: One of the local branch manager stepped in and gave me a call back. Did not go well. Said that a decision has been already made to close the account. I asked him by who and when and he just kept saying a decision has been made to close the account over and over again. I called into support and they said they don't see a decision noted on the account yet. Maybe I should wait for the original branch managers to get back from vaca?

A financial analyst from us bank called me today to tell me that my account will be closed because of funds being deposited into my account through zelle were deemed as fraudulent. They are also going to take away any money i made. So essentially I'm going to be losing a ton of money. This is my only bank account and I have no idea what to do. Sites like paxful are completely legal. I was vending bitcoin and making transactions through zelle, only releasing bitcoin after funds were deemed as deposited. How is this possible? How was I supposed to know that the money coming in was fraudulent?



***Update: so at this point the only way i can get access to the bank account is if the branch manager where I first enrolled with us bank lifts the lock. I am calling her tomorrow, which is in a few hours. Any suggestions on how I should I approach the phone call?