Couple arrested after spending US$120K mistakenly added to their account: police

TORONTO -- Sometimes things really are too good to be true.

Robert and Tiffany Williams of Montoursville, Pa. face felony theft charges after a bank teller at BB&T mistakenly deposited the money into the wrong account on May 31. According to Pennsylvania state police, the couple allegedly spent nearly all of the money during a 16-day span in June.

Why is it the couple's fault?..they didn't Rob the bank, nor put that money into their own account,...so WHY are they being arrested?...plus Banks are insured for things of this nature...makes NO sense!!..

They sent it to the wrong customer then they realized it didnt go to their own accounts or some other joe blow that they were trying to rip the bank off

Had they lost the equivalent amount in a bank stock, no arrests!

Financial profiling. Arrested only because amount of money didn’t fit their financial profile. Wouldn’t happen with a multi millionaire.

But wouldn’t be arrested if they lost the same amount buying a bank stock.

Not surprisingly US news, their banking system is wild

Just wonder if the teller who initiated the mistake lost his/her job?! USD120,000 is quite a significant amount of money, shouldn’t the transaction be overridden by a supervisor? I’m sorry but I wouldn’t trust this bank at all…account closed!!!

Good. The bank that committed the error should be sanctioned too

I am surprised that the account holder didn’t question about how money got deposited into their account in the first place.

That happened to me for $500 25 years ago. I spent it.

The “bank has made an error in your favour” windfall is a time honoured tradition and has legal precedence. It is the bedrock of our monetary system. End this and watch civil society crumble.

Ridiculous! Banks fault should be entirely the banks expense!

It's nice to know that when banks make mistakes they can work with law enforcement to frame innocent people and have them thrown in jail. For the honest governments in the world, SOS, please send help ASAP.

Receiving stolen property sounds a bit over the top.

The banks will never learn not to make mistakes if the customers always bail them out.

Aaaaaaand there's Mr & Mrs Dumass unable to figure out that there's no such thing as free money, especially from a bank.

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