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Sharks who steal your money
My parents invested in SJP for decades. My inheritance was left in their hands. Since their deaths two years ago I have been trying to encash my inheritance, but SJP will not release it all. There has been endless filibustering from them although the fact that the money is mine is not in dispute. Yet still they will not release my money unless ‘I can prove that I will be dying soon or otherwise am in desperate need of the money. I cannot understand how they can legitimately withhold my money by sitting in judgement of my condition either financial or physical. We both agree the money is mine, but they simply will not release it to me. It has been hell trying to extract a proper reason from them. Meanwhile the money dwindles as they pull from it for their ‘expertise’. You could not make this up!
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