Casimba - Funds belonging to my late father

Hi hoodog - welcome to ThePOGG.com.

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If you have any questions about the above, let me know.

Specifically what reason has the operator given for refusing to comply with your request?

Thanks,

ThePOGG

Hi,

Thank you so much for looking into this. I really appreciate your help.

The reason C has given me is that they "were unable to match the registered account details to that of the documentation that was provided". Nothing else.

I have noticed that a rather large part of my complaint is missing under the "Player's Complaint" headline above. Do you want me to submit the full complaint again?

Thanks again for all your help in this matter.

Best regards,

[EDIT]

The following paragraph is missing from my complaint posted above. It should be inserted between the second and third paragraph.

"An email from C was sent to my father’s email account on the 14th of March 2021. The first line of this email said Hejsan [EDIT] (Hi [EDIT] in Swedish) and then went on to remind my father that, apparently, he had funds on C that hadn’t been used for over 30 days. I was unaware of the fact that my father had an account on C and the existence of these funds until I read this email. In order to check exactly what was going on, I logged in to my father’s Casimba account and could then see that there was indeed just over 32 000 SEK in funds in the account. I also noticed that my father had named his account tossene46 as a reference to where resided in Sweden at the time of his death ([EDIT]) and his year of birth ([EDIT]). I then proceeded to immediately contact C’s customer service through their website to notify them about my father’s death. At the same time I informed them about my role in my father’s estate and that I wanted the funds to be transferred back since they belonged to the estate. C’s customer service requested that I support my claim with necessary documentation about my father, myself and his death, which I did on the 6th of April. On the 24th of May I finally received an email telling me that C would not release the funds and that they would remain in C’s possession."

Hi again,

I haven't heard anything about this for a while and I know that these kind of cases can take some time before any updates are available. However, I just want to say again that I am happy to give you any supporting documents to this claim if you need it.

Many thanks again for your help.

Best,

[EDIT]

Hi hoodog,

Your case necessitates the involvement of the regulator, which we are in the process of doing.

You should expect this to be a slow process from this point. We will alert you when there are relevant developments.

Thanks,

ThePOGG

Thanks for the heads up! Again, do let me know if you need any more information or supporting documents from my end.

Best regards,

[EDIT]

Hi hoodog,

We have concluded a lengthy dialogue with the operator and the regulator about this matter.

The prinicpal issue is that there are multiple data points within the documentation you provided that do not correlate with the information that was provided at the point of account registration by the account holder.

This creates one point of risk or a terms violation that constrains how this issue has been managed.

If we assume that the documentation is correct, then the account holder provided substantially incorrect information at point of registration. This is a violation of the terms of service that would invalidate any play on the account.

The alternative is that the documentation is non-legitimate in nature, raising the risk of identity theft.

The best case scenario in this instance is that the documentation is legitimate, but due to the violation of terms this means that only deposits are due to be returned.

To address the risk aspects of this issue, the deposits will be refunded to the depositing account. Once transferred to the bank, the responsibility for establishing the legitimacy of the inheritance claim will fall to the bank, who will already have conducted higher levels of verification before opening an account.

Thanks,

ThePOGG

Hi again,

Thanks for the update. I agree with you, returning the funds to the original bank account is the best way forward. It is actually a solution that I proposed to Casimba myself, before contacting ThePogg. However, Casimba declined to go ahead with this option.

Could you please let me know when the funds have been refunded so that I can reach out to the bank on my end?

Thanks again for all your help in this matter. I truly appreciate it.

Hi hoodog,

It is our understanding that the deposits made to this account have now been refunded to the bank account they were transferred from.

Thanks,

ThePOGG

Hi again,

I just got off the phone with the bank in question (Swedbank). Apparently, since all my father's accounts have been closed because of his death, the transfer from the casino will not go through. Instead, the money will just bounce back to the casino.

So, in sum, I am still out of luck and the casino will again end up with the funds.

What should I do know?

Best,

[EDIT]

Hi hoodog,

Sadly, if the bank will no longer manage this transaction your only choice would be to seek legal advise with a mind to seeking a court order for payment. As it is not possible to verify the legitimacy of the claims you have made due to the mismatch been the account information and the information on the document that you have provided, there is no possibility of issuing any payment from an account in this person's name to you.

Sorry we could not be of further help.

ThePOGG

Hi again,

I see. This is a really sad outcome. Thanks anyway for all your help.

Best,

[EDIT]