Bank Error in Your Favor

[TheRatman]

This chick got a 4.6 Million Dollar bank error, spent the money and now is under arrested and owes the bank 3.3 of it back.

A woman has been arrested after going on a luxury shopping spree when AUS$4.6million (£2.4million) was mistakenly credited to her bank account.

Christine Jiaxin Lee received the extended overdraft four years ago, but failed to report the error to Westpac bank.


Instead the 21-year-old spent the money on handbags and other luxury goods, it is claimed.

The chemical engineering student, was attempting to leave to her native Malaysia when she was stopped by police at Sydney Airport on Wednesday night.

She allegedly owes AUS$3.3million to her bank.

The student allegedly spent the money on a luxury shopping spree

'She didn’t take it from (the bank). They gave it to her.’

She added that if this is what happened, the student would owe the money she had spent but would not have broken the law.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/student-spent-millions-on-luxury-goods-after-111104415.html

 

[TheRatman]

Would yous keep the dough or gives it back.

 

[odog]

I'd hold on to it. Take a wait and see approach.

 

[God_Emperor_Of_Mankind]

Hmm, tough call.

 

[Guestx]

I think if the bank fucks up, they fuck up. Once the money has hit your account, it's yours. The phrase "live and learn" applies here. The bank probably won't make that mistake again.

 

[koolinkunming]

I personally think that if the bank gives it to you and doesn't catch their own error fuck em, it's their own problem.

But unfortunately that's not the way the world works. Sucks to be her.

 

[TheRatman]

I'd hold on to it. Take a wait and see approach.

Story says she got the money in while back and the bank been watching her since 2012 but just got the warrent in March. Not sure when she starting spending the money but bank sure did take their time going after herr.

 

[El Chimpo]

you gotta be a fool to spend any money erroneously put in your account lol

 

[DataBreach]

Give it back and explain all the man hours that would have been wasted had I not told the truth... I'd like that money for my efforts and honesty. Simply logical.

 

[scorpipede]

I am an honest man. I brought back a 20 that the ATM gave me extra. It's how I roll.

 

[Jellis31]

If the bank gave me 4.6 million extra dollars I'd gladly give 4.1 of it back. I'll keep the rest as a Good Samaritan tax

 

[Guestx]

If the bank gave me 4.6 million extra dollars I'd gladly give 4.1 of it back. I'll keep the rest as a Good Samaritan tax

Something tells me no one GLADLY gives 4.1 million dollars back.

 

[Philo-Publius]

This chick got a 4.6 Million Dollar bank error, spent the money and now is under arrested and owes the bank 3.3 of it back.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/student-spent-millions-on-luxury-goods-after-111104415.html

I would move it into my savings account and let it accrue interest until the bank realizes their error and says, "hey, we want that shit back." I keep the interest.

 

[Jellis31]

Something tells me no one GLADLY gives 4.1 million dollars back.

Considering the options are getting arrested/jail time or doing the bank a "favor" and walking away away a good guy with an extra $500,000?

I'll gladly take option 2 all day.

 

[ironwolf]

Same thing happened to a buddy of mine in highschool but much less that 4 million dollars lol.

It was like 400-500 dollars if I remember correctly and he spent it on weed, food, video games, gas in his car, basically just blew it the day it happened.

I don't don't ink he got in "trouble" but he had to pay it back.

 

[fingercuffs]

Move it off shore, immediately.

 

[dildos]

yeah big story in australia at the moment.

technically she did nothing wrong. the bank actually just fucking handed her the money.

she cant face and charges or anything because spending that money was not illegal.

she does owe the bank money however.

such a fucking funny blunder by the bank. she is also a student. on a student visa.

 

[dildos]

I am an honest man. I brought back a 20 that the ATM gave me extra. It's how I roll.

you are a good man.

 

[BAM]

This was posed to me in a game of Monopoly once. I think I took the money.

 

[Horse Style]

lol @ people saying she did nothing wrong. The bank knows she received the money in error and she knows it as well. How does she know? Because she knows she has no other reason to have an extra 4.1 million in your account.

Spending money you KNOW was not intended to be yours is still stealing.