OK, update: it looks like the money will be returned/reimbursed to me, but not until a week from today at the soonest, fingers crossed nothing goes wrong in the interim, and my new debit card won't arrive until after New Year's. Like my nephew predicted, I had to close my old account and open a new one (fuckers couldn't give me the same free checking account I had, so now I gotta pay $8 a month for my own fucking money, but it could be worse I guess...I'll prolly rant about that shit later). Unfortunately, I have no real access to the money I had to give them to start the new account and my stolen money wont be there, so it's ramen and frozen pizza for Christmas, but that's no big.

The WEIRDEST part came when I called Sony and got my PSN account returned to me and resecured. It turns out the thief hacked my account and stole $500 of MY money...to bulk up his soccer team in FIFA 15. EA's microtransaction method on that game means the more money you use to buy points for your team, the tougher they are, so some shithole decided to raid my living funds to beat his fucking bro in a goddamn sports game.

Also of note, according to the lady I talked with, this has been happening to PSN users A LOT since the game came out, and my case is being added to a growing case file that Sony is apparently assembling to give to EA to tell them to get their shit together because THEIR games are apparently a major security risk to SONY'S business.

SO...I'm broke, but only for Christmas, and I apparently now have a copy of fucking FIFA 15 I can download. Fuckin' Noel.