EARLY ACCESS - THE BANK THAT WON'T LET YOU WITHDRAW
Added 2025-03-28 13:00:21 +0000 UTCThis investigation into a massive banking failure has taken MONTHS and at times things seemed so helpless that I nearly gave up.
The victims kept me going. They trusted FDIC insured banks to keep their money safe but now some of them find their money has vanished. Up to $96 million dollars may be missing, and I tried to get to the bottom of it.
Enjoy.
Comments
Great work Coffee. Hope this shakes up the "not a bank" banks & their depositors get their money back.
Kaushik Venkatasubramaniyan
2025-04-01 19:34:10 +0000 UTCMaxwell won't be happy when he sees you going somewhere other than Balmer's peak But in all seriousness, I love how it looks, Ed killed it!
Logan James
2025-03-31 20:42:26 +0000 UTCshamefully parroting Stefan above (but worth it because of Stefan's accuracy): Please don't lose faith in goodness and justice. We need these videos to have hope that a corrupt system will hopefully end after 4 years.
Mike Baumgardner
2025-03-31 17:10:21 +0000 UTCIf you've heard of acorns or even cashapp somewhat, this is like that except apparently super shady. I've used acorns for years now because of their slightly higher than average interest rates for savings accounts and basically zero account fees whatsoever. So those are some of the benefits.
Connor McClosky
2025-03-31 17:06:19 +0000 UTCCoffezilla team: thank you for the highlighter Foley - soooo satisfying!
pi
2025-03-31 07:55:37 +0000 UTCWow, the Coffeezilla universe continues to evolve! The production quality, the storytelling is sooo unbelievably good. It puts 99% of all TV programmes and other media formats in your pocket and probably at a fraction of the cost. Just seeing the pictures is pure pleasure! Well done, Coffee! And one more postscript. Please don't lose faith in goodness and justice. We need these videos to have hope that a corrupt system will hopefully end after 4 years.
Stefan
2025-03-30 15:09:19 +0000 UTCNot sure if this is an option for you, what I do is plug my phone into the TV with a HDMI adapter.
Ron McKinnon
2025-03-30 12:48:48 +0000 UTCOmg- wrf? I don’t think I understand the advantage of switching to this type of service but fuck- that’s a lot of money.
Kenneth Cadieux
2025-03-30 12:14:13 +0000 UTCMy SO is a victim. Thanks for bringing awareness to this.
Chase Curtis
2025-03-30 05:48:37 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing the stories of the victims who've been let down on every level in this case. Crime may be legal now, but integrity will only truly lose if we stop speaking out and drawing attention to these issues. Thank you for doing what you do!
K Marie
2025-03-29 18:24:35 +0000 UTCI guess Fed is still working for the people after all, which is uncommon within the new US administration
Firedigger
2025-03-29 18:22:46 +0000 UTCI used to be a Yotta customer. When they went from "prize-linked savings" to their current "unregulated online casino", that's when I head for the door. I didn't know about all this shenanigans until it all fell apart and went public.
Steve
2025-03-29 17:49:26 +0000 UTCHey Stephen, after hearing in your latest voidzilla video that you’ve been a bit down lately due to the rampant corruption in the US and apparent collapse of the rule of law regarding the types of scams you usually uncover, I just wanted to tell you that in my view the legality or not doesn’t mean the economics of these scams stop being off (and the 30’s is a good example how economics always catch them) and therefore people like you continuing their jobs is more important than ever. Even though scam companies get to not face legal consequences, the fact that more and more collapse because of this very fact leads inevitably to people realising that they need to be more aware of them, and that’s why your work is so important. I expect investors to get more and more picky about where they invest BECAUSE they are aware they can get scammed blatantly and no one will save them, which at the end of the day is a good thing, please please continue your work to make everyone aware and hopefully people finally realise they can’t give their trust to anyone without doing some serious research first. I do think simple economics will play their role fully here eventually.
Eliott Fournet
2025-03-29 17:45:05 +0000 UTCI'm sure the same thing will not happen with Robinhood Banking, despite them doing the exact same thing as Yotta.
Steve
2025-03-29 17:29:16 +0000 UTCCongratulations on the Coca-Cola sponsorship! Meanwhile, the former CEO of Synapse is off on his next grift with the $96 million misappropriated from customers.
Steve
2025-03-29 17:28:31 +0000 UTClove the discord diner
Zala
2025-03-29 16:17:43 +0000 UTCI wish these were posted as unlisted YouTube videos so I could watch then on my TV lol
JBones RVA
2025-03-29 15:16:59 +0000 UTCDamn I don't know what to say that's crazy
Penga_(Lv)
2025-03-29 14:21:17 +0000 UTCWow, this is wild. Thanks Coffee
MIKΞL
2025-03-29 12:10:16 +0000 UTCyour research is fantastic and the cinematography on this video is great!
Ovidiu
2025-03-29 11:56:24 +0000 UTCAs coffee says, crime is legal now, sad
Matt D
2025-03-29 09:13:43 +0000 UTCA third party company advertising fdic protection given by a first party bank should be fundamental illegal as false advertising.
Lars W
2025-03-29 08:54:15 +0000 UTCU help me sleep at night 👍
Jonah Waldron
2025-03-29 06:20:01 +0000 UTCSo Yotta is just off the hook because they were not really a bank? The dishing around of all this money - which is now disappeared - is bad enough, and knowing that banks can suddenly "find" money is the sort of criminal crap we should expect from fraudsters, but that there is not actual money trail, and that all the Yotta slime get away scot-free with whatever they skimmed off the top should break people's faith in the internet. I just figure the Yotta folks are on beach in the Caymans, thinking up their next scam.
Michael Gene Sullivan
2025-03-29 05:49:57 +0000 UTCGreat video as usual You should create higher support tiers
Cam
2025-03-29 05:49:02 +0000 UTCThis is why I invest in you ❤️
Jondeau Kassim
2025-03-29 05:19:13 +0000 UTCI recall when you first reported about Yota. It's disappointing and sadly unsurprising that it is still unresolved. As a completely separate comment, it is heartening to see how long the patreon list at the end has gotten.
Ada MC
2025-03-29 04:50:27 +0000 UTCWatch the previous video on this for more. FDIC says "not our problem the bank is still solvent"
Alex Burka
2025-03-29 03:59:39 +0000 UTCdumb question but if theyre FDIC insured cant customers take it up with the FDIC?
uya
2025-03-29 03:34:57 +0000 UTCDeregulation is coming. Deep cuts to oversight and enforcement. If you read Project 2025, some of which is implemented by Executive Order, the CFPB (which had FDIC in it) is gutted. There are so many FINTECHs - good luck policing them all.
Dennis Fahey
2025-03-29 01:58:08 +0000 UTCWhat do you really expect. The average IQ is like 100 so you have a significant portion of people with 70-90 IQ which means they can barely understand some of these concepts
Alexander Bartucca
2025-03-29 01:06:01 +0000 UTCHere before someone with Washington's ear attempts to send Coffee to El Salvador for some charge of "undermining investors/market manipulation" for... warning people about shady "founders" and get-rich-quick gurus?
Aaron Woo
2025-03-29 01:01:11 +0000 UTCThis is only going to get worse as the thieves in DC continue to weaken and dismantle all regulatory bodies to stop any meaningful enforcement of already very weak rules meant to protect consumers. It's disheartening when half the country cheered when they took out the CFPB which was there to protect us.
Christophe
2025-03-28 23:30:51 +0000 UTCGreat vid as always. Before publishing to YouTube, I'd recommend removing the blur on the text in shots like 9:14... It was really hard to read along with the blur. Also your fingers have some weird discoloration from the coloring process.
Scott
2025-03-28 23:19:00 +0000 UTCFormer Synapse employee here; was hoping you would do a follow up on this coffee thank you!!!
Andrea Di Cola
2025-03-28 23:15:25 +0000 UTCI was watching this morning but couldn't finish. Now it's not working.
Linda Tock
2025-03-28 23:11:14 +0000 UTCMy safe always has the money I put in there.
Mike Gervasi
2025-03-28 22:32:35 +0000 UTCYe not working for me
Michael Robinson
2025-03-28 22:19:05 +0000 UTCAnyone else not able to watch the video? It's like the app isn't working...
Jonathan Ohlsson
2025-03-28 22:09:51 +0000 UTCLove the production on this one
Liv
2025-03-28 21:40:49 +0000 UTCI followed for this 💪🏼 go get’em tiger!
NorwegianSuccubus
2025-03-28 21:26:46 +0000 UTCWowza
Ashley Brendza
2025-03-28 20:09:00 +0000 UTCYet another Financial Scandal in the Free Country
Adri
2025-03-28 19:55:19 +0000 UTCGiven my personal experience of going into the adult world during the banking crash of 08 and it's after affects. Well I just don't trust any online only bank.
Tally
2025-03-28 18:44:41 +0000 UTCcolumbo coffee ☕ ↪️
hazard_fox
2025-03-28 18:03:27 +0000 UTCAmazing work! Also loving the new set designs and the small details that make them come together. Keep it up guys.
James Linderman
2025-03-28 17:43:53 +0000 UTCGreat follow-up! I have $1.5k lost and $0 back, not much in the grand scheme but also not nothing
Michelle
2025-03-28 16:02:06 +0000 UTCIt's unbelievable how easy financial crime can be committed in the U.S. Thank you for all you do, I'm worried for you guys
Melissa Smits
2025-03-28 15:54:46 +0000 UTCGreat investigation, not sure Evolve would have « found » that many without the pressure of your story being released soon. And btw, amaaaazing evolution of the edits, the scenes, the lights and even the props and clothing used. It felt like a real multi location show and not something filmed with a green screen. Bravo !
Hamza H
2025-03-28 15:53:52 +0000 UTCGreat video. Bold of you to visit the Discord Diner so late at night, stay safe out there. I've used Mercury for years for my small business. It's slick, and their feature set is significantly better than non-fintech banking sites, but the way they just barely pulled away from this mess left a bad taste in my mouth at the time. They certainly made the correct choice when it came to ditching Synapse, at least...
Justin Sleep
2025-03-28 14:49:31 +0000 UTCthese new backdrops are insane
alphacino
2025-03-28 14:39:58 +0000 UTCAbsolutely fantastic breakdown, even I understood it! Well done to you Coffee and the team.
Louise Cross
2025-03-28 14:16:13 +0000 UTCGreat watch, amazing coverage! Also just because I'm a VFX nerd, really nice compositing! It's gotten so much better over the past few years.
enev
2025-03-28 14:10:15 +0000 UTCCoffee I love this! I know these investigations are a lot of effort, but this is well done and poignant.
Milien McDermott
2025-03-28 14:00:26 +0000 UTCThis is what happens when the president of your country is a financial criminal himself and has given a clean slate to all the Crypto and NFTs scammers from 2021. It's so corrupt, America is a joke.
Mario Longtin
2025-03-28 13:21:29 +0000 UTCtysm, I needed something new from you to watch :D
HotBoxUzi
2025-03-28 13:03:51 +0000 UTCYar
Zilla
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