Posted on 09/08/2019 10:02:04 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
A couple in Pennsylvania is facing theft charges and over $100,000 in overdraft fees after allegedly using money that was accidentally deposited into their bank account, WITN reports.
State police said the couple living at a home on Cypress Street in Montoursville got themselves into hot water after spending money that wasn't theirs.
Investigators said Robert and Tiffany Williams had $120,000 deposited into their account at BB&T May 31 through a mistake by a teller. But instead of contacting the bank about the deposit, the couple allegedly spent most of the money in just over two weeks from June 3 to June 19.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox5sandiego.com ...
My bank when I had 5 grand missing from an account
24/48 hours to stop it or it is long gone.
Why can’t they live up to that same standard?
DANG!
“Add up the deposits of each teller and credits, it should match”
LOL! No teller was involved!
If someone had dropped a bag with $100K of cash in it then that would be their good fortune.
That is not true, that is called theft of lost property. At least it is here in Alabama. The proper way is to turn it in and then if no one claims it, then you get to keep it.
LOL! No teller was involved!
Investigators said Robert and Tiffany Williams had $120,000 deposited into their account at BB&T May 31 through a mistake by a teller.
well according to the article.....
ok. but the teller’s till would have still balanced.
YEARS ago, I read of a similar event, but for $20,000 - that was BIG money in those days.
The guy had a hang-by-a-thread small business, took the money and ran.
He hit Las Vegas and blew most of the money on gambling - and a chunk on an overnight gig with a pricey hooker. (Said it was the best night in his life.) They nailed him a couple of months later when he bought a new Cadillac. That was the only money left.
Dunno how it turned out but I doubt the bank got much money back.
They asked him why he took it and he said that when you have been living on hamburger all your life and someone hands you a steak - you take it.
To a point, but why isn’t a large transaction scrutinized, A deposit slip would have the account number, double check it.
It wasn’t like it was a $20 deposit or even $1000, how many 120K+ deposits do banks do daily? even if it is 20, it would take Bank Manager what? An hour to double check all 20 with the account numbers and the deposit slips, just to make sure.
I remember the adage “Is it yours?” “No.” “Then put it back.”
Seems simple enough to me.
Society has just begun to suffer the consequences of a dumbed-down, PC educational system that stresses being “hip” above all else.
There is no rest of the story. Wells Fargo has no way to handle such situations. In our litigious society I could find a lawyer that would cue Wells Fargo for the $335 plus 100 million for pain and suffering. In Georgia the courts are stacked against Wells Fargo and any deep pockets.
The lawyers play the ods. They throw 20 $335 cases against the wall and one of the finds a 100 million jury. 20 are just the cost of doing buisness. I have no interest in the lawyer’s games.
Agreed. A good lawyer can easily prove it was not theft, and settle a repayment over 10 years at 0% interest.
First paragraph is incorrect. People are convicted of this all the time and sent to prison. The cars are out fitted with audio and video recording gear
The bank doesn’t own it. The person who deposited it owns it
You are immoral
You do not practice conservative principles.
Guess you must be one if them libertarians
Me too
Other folks in this thread not so much
My extra $ was about 5 years ago when the tellers knew their customers. They all retired and now there’s a bunch of clueless tellers with attitudes. Today, I have to wait around 30 minutes for them to type and retype my name into their stupid computers, ask for 14 kinds of ID, ask another teller for help, ask again my account number even though it’s on the slip, blah, blah, blah just to cash $50.
I tried to change safe deposit boxes last year and it took 2 hours. Then they made me take everything out of the original box instead of just letting me switch the inner boxes which would have taken all of 10 seconds flat. So, I’m going with idiots.
Idiots, with the possibility of scamming seniors. Was it the same teller? Never use him again.
Oh, my.
I didn’t learn my lesson. I found a beautiful green velvet bag of jewelry in the ladies room of the Ritz Carlton. I immediately took it down to the front desk.
The next day I called the Ritz Carlton to make sure it was claimed. They told me they had no record of any jewelry turned in.
In the future: always take was is lost and give the front desk your contact information. You can trust yourself to find the rightful owners, not the Ritz Carlton.
I’m surprised they didn’t lawyer up, countersue for $200k claiming the bank made an error and only placed $100k of $200k owed them in their account.
The banks “owns” it the moment they took possession of it, what they did with it was their responsibility
However a bank putting it in the wrong account is 100% on the bank. The bank going into that PRIVATE account to steal it, two weeks later, is on them. Banks have 24 hours to clear, in the 24 hours they have plenty of time to figure a mistake someplace and correct. Cause that is how things settle in the banking industry.
Charging these people a overdraft fee? What a bunch of hosers, screw em.
That would be like UPS delivering a box to your house by mistake, breaking into your house 2 weeks later to steal the box and then charging you for the re delivery of the package to the right address, screw em.
BTW, I would have just gave the money back anyways, that is my morals, but I can’t force my morals on everyone else, including you.
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