A teenager was left pleasantly surprised as he found that a whopping $31,000 had found its way into his account.
Turns out that his bank somehow deposited the cash by mistake. The 18 year-old shared the same name as another man who dropped off the money in the first place but the bank staff put it into the wrong account. That didn't stop him from spending it all. Within 10 days he'd taken out $20,000 in cash and spent an additional $5000 using his debit card.
Eventually he was stopped from withdrawing any more money and told about what had happened. For some reason he apparently tried to say it was an inheritance but the bank knew too well what they had done.
The bank have now threatened that there will be consequences if he does not find a way to return every penny of the money. But should he have to? It was the staff at the bank who made the error in the first place so surely the teenager hasn't actually stolen anything?
What would you do if you found a large amount of money just appear into your account?
