Computer Mistakenly Deposits 1.2 Million Dollars In Account

There will always be thieves.. very often we read they working a position of trust.

Apparently they have recovered 3/4of the money, and I would hope she will lose her car and home... too many people believe that if it's the banks money it's a victimless crime...
 

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No one is stupid enough to think over a million dollars just fell from the sky into their checking account. To immediately move the money from that account to another... and begin spending it on large items... is an immediate admission of guilt. She should be locked away for a few years and, when released, have to pay back any money the bank did not recover.

I would imagine she will end up with less than what she started with. The bank may well attach all her personal property. Sell the house she purchased with their money, along with everything inside. Sad thing is, the lady may end up homeless due to her criminality.
 
Not that I'm for one moment defending what she did, but I'm wondering if there is actually a law dealing with this kind of computer error. If someone owes you $100, and absentmindedly writes a check for $1000 instead, are you legally required to give them back $900? I'm not questioning the morality of this, just the legality.

Common decency would require that you return any money that was given to you by mistake. But not everyone is decent. Can they actually be arrested for theft? Apparently they can, as the article says she was arrested.
 
Sunny said:
Not that I'm for one moment defending what she did, but I'm wondering if there is actually a law dealing with this kind of computer error. If someone owes you $100, and absentmindedly writes a check for $1000 instead, are you legally required to give them back $900? I'm not questioning the morality of this, just the legality.

Common decency would require that you return any money that was given to you by mistake. But not everyone is decent. Can they actually be arrested for theft? Apparently they can, as the article says she was arrested.
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Yes, they will be arrested & prosecuted unless the bank intended to deposit the money into their account:
https://www.ncconsumer.org/news-art...xt=The only time you can,can't keep the money.

https://www.quora.com/If-my-bank-mi...to-spend-it-before-they-realize-their-mistake
 
OT - Let’s hope the scammers don’t quote this case to the gullible and convince them they are legally obligated to refund the phoney dollars they deposited into their account.
 
We like to think we know what we would do in this woman's shoes, and it certainly seems obvious from a distance with 20/20 hindsight. However, the reality of what we might do if confronted with that situation, especially if the dollar amount wasn't so obviously large, may not be what we thought. But then, it just might be too. :)

Tony
 
Jules said:
Her biggest financial loss after all this will be the cost of lawyers and she won’t win.
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She probably won't pay for lawyers.
"Your honor, before you took the money, house & car from me, I could afford a lawyer. Now, I can't, so I'll need a free public defender."
 
tbeltrans said:
We like to think we know what we would do in this woman's shoes, and it certainly seems obvious from a distance with 20/20 hindsight. However, the reality of what we might do if confronted with that situation, especially if the dollar amount wasn't so obviously large, may not be what we thought. But then, it just might be too. :)

Tony
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I know what I would do because I've done it before. Not that same amount, but over $5,000.00. And, because the situation was different
(I simply found a woman's wallet) I could have kept it if I was that type of person. The amount wouldn't matter to me; the only thing that would matter is that it's someone else's misfortune & they would be devastated until it was returned.
Oh....and I also learned something about two (Former) "good friends" of mine who told me I was stupid to return the wallet.
 
Sunny said:
Not that I'm for one moment defending what she did, but I'm wondering if there is actually a law dealing with this kind of computer error. If someone owes you $100, and absentmindedly writes a check for $1000 instead, are you legally required to give them back $900? I'm not questioning the morality of this, just the legality.

Common decency would require that you return any money that was given to you by mistake. But not everyone is decent. Can they actually be arrested for theft? Apparently they can, as the article says she was arrested.
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Specifically, I'm sure there are laws with captions/catchphrases to indicate it's elements, federal and state. However, how about a plain simple THEFT statute.
 
win231 said:
I know what I would do because I've done it before. Not that same amount, but over $5,000.00. And, because the situation was different
(I simply found a woman's wallet) I could have kept it if I was that type of person. The amount wouldn't matter to me; the only thing that would matter is that it's someone else's misfortune & they would be devastated until it was returned.
Oh....and I also learned something about two (Former) "good friends" of mine who told me I was stupid to return the wallet.
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I have also returned money I found and also went back to the bank to give back cash they overpaid me. My point was simply that it is all too easy to comment in a forum at a distance in both time and space from the event. We don't know what we will truly do until actually confronted with the situation. As you posted, it seems you would do the right thing since you have been in that situation.

Tony
 
tbeltrans said:
I have also returned money I found and also went back to the bank to give back cash they overpaid me. My point was simply that it is all too easy to comment in a forum at a distance in both time and space from the event. We don't know what we will truly do until actually confronted with the situation. As you posted, it seems you would do the right thing since you have been in that situation.

Tony
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I've never had a bank or business mistakenly give me money, but a business did mistakenly give me a piece of merchandise that was worth $3,500.00.
Back when I was a competitive shooter, I bought a customized Walther P99 (pricey German made pistol). While testing it at the range, I found it to be defective. I shipped it back to the factory for warranty repair through the dealer (as required). The dealer let me have a replacement pistol instead of waiting for the repair. A few weeks after I got the replacement gun, the factory mistakenly sent me the repaired gun with several parts replaced. They were supposed to send it to the dealer. I left it at the dealer & had them sign a document, saying I returned it.
 
ohioboy said:
Specifically, I'm sure there are laws with captions/catchphrases to indicate it's elements, federal and state. However, how about a plain simple THEFT statute.
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Maybe in the law, "Theft" means stealing from someone, as opposed to keeping something that was mistakenly given. There is probably a legal term for what she did.
 
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