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by jason_slack 3681 days ago
I have to ask the folks here. Given the OP used an ID that seems easily traceable and he/she admits to defrauding the bank publicly (I know, just .32 USD, but still people are going to prison these days for so many silly things). Should OP retain legal counsel and have the lawyer make contact with a VP?

Or does lawyer-ing up make OP look guilty from the start?

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Well, there are audio recordings of bank staff asking to demonstrate the flaw and there are also recordings of the same staff telling me that going public is within my rights, but they don't seem to understand the underlying issue.

Not sure about lawyering up, maybe it's something that I should do (should have done?)..

Find a good lawyer. Reach out to them and let them know what's going on and that you may require their services in the future. Just establish the relationship now so that you don't have to do that legwork on a 2 minutes phone call.
IANAL, but I thought I would mention it anyway. Do you have these recordings for safe keeping?
Some places, yes. But you're right, definitely. Better safe than sorry!
One more idea. I once witnessed another company being shown a competing companies unreleased product while testing my own product in a testing facility. I send them an unmarked envelope with a letter of what I saw and the names of the people involved (as they were wearing name tags). This is stone-age now, but perhaps it might help.