Bank accidentally gives man $5 million

[scarletandgrey]

There were sequels to Superman?

unfortunately

 

[CCI]

Unreal, somebody lost there job

Once I had the $$ in my possesion, I'd be on the next plane out of the United States, Amsterdam here I come

 

[ScriptOhio]

The guy's mistake was not transferring it to an account in the Cayman Islands.

This is true. In addition, he then should haved quickly moved to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US.


Alternative move, since it apparently took the bank several months to notice their mistake: Play the honest good samariton.

1) Withdraw the whole $5M.
2) Put it in a money market account in another bank that pays (say 3% interest). That's $12,500 per month.
3) When the bank notices their mistake and asks for the money back, give them back the $5M. Tell them you were only keeping it safe for them until they identified their error.
4) Keep the interest!!!

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

it wasn't his account.

It was his account...the bank had put the money in his account rather than in the account of the guy with the same name. Therein lies the story...

If only they had account numbers or something to prevent this type of thing from happening...

Unreal, somebody lost there job

Somebody skipped "there" English classes...

1) Withdraw the whole $5M.
2) Put it in a money market account in another bank that pays (say 3% interest). That's $12,500 per month.
3) When the bank notices their mistake and asks for the money back, give them back the $5M. Tell them you were only keeping it safe for them until they identified their error.
4) Keep the interest!!!

I wouldn't be surprised if the bank would want the interest also, claiming that had the money been in his bank account the bank would've earned interest for them.