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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts) Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:46 PM Sep 2019

Bank error in your favor. Collect $120,000. [View all]

Imagine waking up one day to find an extra $120,000 in your bank account. You did not make $120,000 or win $120,000, but there it is, $120,000, just sitting there. Cool!

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Maybe you should call the bank and find out what’s going on?

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Robert and Tiffany Williams of Montoursville, Pa., did not call the bank, police say.

When a non-hypothetical $120,000 intended for a business was accidentally transferred into their BB&T bank account because of a teller error, the couple splurged on a camper, a Chevy and a racecar, state trooper Aaron Brown told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Authorities say they also distributed $15,000 to friends who needed the money.

Read the rest at: https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/a-bank-accidentally-deposited-24120000-in-a-couple-e2-80-99s-account-they-spent-most-of-it-then-got-charged-with-theft/ar-AAGZUFQ

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Bank error in your favor. Collect $120,000. [View all] PoliticAverse Sep 2019 OP

It was their bank account. What law do police say the couple broke? Tiggeroshii Sep 2019 #1

"felony charges of theft and receiving stolen property". n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #3

They didn't steal shit Mosby Sep 2019 #36

Nope. Drahthaardogs Sep 2019 #37

It's up to a jury to decide that. Mosby Sep 2019 #39

They stole the money. They had an obligation to point out the error to the bank. Blue_true Sep 2019 #45

I'd ask the bank for my money Mosby Sep 2019 #51

The couple had a ethical obligation to do what was right, Blue_true Sep 2019 #56

Half right FBaggins Sep 2019 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Sep 2019 #43

It's against the law to qazplm135 Sep 2019 #4

Who else lies, cheats and steals? GusBob Sep 2019 #6

to paraphrase jennifer aniston's character joanna from "office space", unblock Sep 2019 #8

heh... PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #10

Im just saying if they spent half that money on a good enough lawyer Tiggeroshii Sep 2019 #11

Screw the bank you go to jail. miyazaki Sep 2019 #15

$60,000 doesn't buy that kind of lawyering. unblock Sep 2019 #16

I can't stand prospective "clients" who think this way jberryhill Sep 2019 #27

It works that way if a person has enough money to spend. Blue_true Sep 2019 #46

This is not like any of that jberryhill Sep 2019 #50

Goldman Sach was sued for misrepresentation in a multi-billion dollar company sale. Blue_true Sep 2019 #55

+1,000 malaise Sep 2019 #24

Someone accidentally sent $500 to my email address and his bank refused to help him ecstatic Sep 2019 #2

I would contact the bank and fix the problem as soon as found out GusBob Sep 2019 #5

Very good point. Blue_true Sep 2019 #48

That was a very dumb move on their part. They knew the money wasn't theirs. Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #7

oh boy... myohmy2 Sep 2019 #9

Moral of the story is don't take what isn't yours. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #49

Been there; done that Backseat Driver Sep 2019 #12

Years ago I worked for a firm that had a VERY large contract with General Motors... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2019 #13

We were changing our front door lock some years ago and when the locksmith malaise Sep 2019 #25

Lock smithing can be a snake pit. Blue_true Sep 2019 #52

I learned my lesson too malaise Sep 2019 #54

Good rule to follow. When a person finds a good honest trade person, stay with that Blue_true Sep 2019 #57

There was a famous case recently where $10 million was deposited meadowlander Sep 2019 #14

You'd have to flee to a country with no extradition treaty. LisaL Sep 2019 #18

How many average people know treaty law? Blue_true Sep 2019 #58

If things are too good to be true, they usually are. LisaL Sep 2019 #17

I wonder how people would have handled this case from about 40 years ago? DFW Sep 2019 #19

Following the logic of some here at DU HAB911 Sep 2019 #20

Only Swiss banks are legally allowed to receive stolen goods and monies and charge for storage. n/t Cerridwen Sep 2019 #21

Good one! CrispyQ Sep 2019 #33

Back in my school days, they used to teach this situation as a lesson. Eugene Sep 2019 #22

This reminds me of the premiere episode of Family Guy Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #23

Stupid people. MineralMan Sep 2019 #26

Stupid even if it weren't wrong to keep the money FBaggins Sep 2019 #44

I am wondering Newest Reality Sep 2019 #28

Good question. Maybe they should have used the "Monopoly" defense... PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #40

I had $4,200 wrongly deposited into my checking account. I called the bank right away. CrispyQ Sep 2019 #29

I once caught my bank double charging me, double posted a check to my account. Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #30

They could find out the next day, and you'd be in big trouble. Croney Sep 2019 #32

There are some really short term CDs out there Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #34

The winners here? The friends in need who received the $15,000. Croney Sep 2019 #31

Winners until such time someone sues them to recover any of it. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #42

You can't keep it. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 #35

12,000 TexasBlueDog Sep 2019 #38

It happened to me on a smaller scale in about 1975. The_jackalope Sep 2019 #41

"Gee, your honor, we thought the bank really, really liked us." lindysalsagal Sep 2019 #47

Something like this happened to me over forty years ago customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #59