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A bit of a technical point - in the US banks cannot go into bankruptcy.



The correct term is receivership but that is confusing for most people and the general principle is the same. When you go bust, the court/trustee/receiver combs through transactions and claws back assets as part of gathering/selling all assets to pay creditors


Is there any evidence at all this is true for people who are not insiders withdrawing their own money from an account at a federally regulated bank?

I’ve never heard of anything even remotely like this happening. Can you provide even one example?




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