A former TD Bank employee was declared dead despite being very much alive (Getty)

When Saadia Behilil left her job at TD Bank, as far as her former employer was concerned, she was dead to them.

In a story reported by CTV Toronto, Behilil was stunned to receive a notice from TD addressed to her estate. Her status had been changed to deceased and her accounts at TD were frozen. Access to banking, stocks, insurance, and financial records was blocked.

When she contacted the bank to get to the bottom of the situation she learned TD changed her status to ‘deceased’ instead of ‘resigned.’

Behilil says TD assured her the problem would be fixed within a couple of days but weeks went by.

After CTV contacted TD about the situation, the bank issued a statement.

“We made an error and sincerely regret and apologize from the inconvenience we caused our former employee, and are making every effort to resolve this as quickly as possible.”

Behilil says she is once again able to access her accounts and her status is longer ‘deceased.’

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