A woman in Louisiana, USA, was arrested by the police on charges of failing to return $1.2 million that was mistakenly deposited into her bank account. Photo by JPSO.
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] A woman in Louisiana, USA, was fired from her job last week and arrested by the police for failing to return $1.2 million (about 1.35 billion KRW) that was mistakenly deposited into her bank account.
According to local British media on the 11th, Kellin Spadoni (33) was arrested the day before on charges of theft worth $25,000 (about 28 million KRW), bank fraud, and illegal remittance.
She had been working for 4 to 5 years answering 911 emergency calls at the Jefferson Sheriff's Office but was also fired from her job due to these charges.
In January, Charles Schwab & Company Bank mistakenly deposited extra funds into Spadoni's account. Upon receiving the money, Spadoni transferred it to another account and began spending it. As a result, Schwab Bank was unable to immediately recover the funds.
She used the deposited money to help buy a house and purchased a new Hyundai Genesis sedan valued between $48,000 and $70,000.
The bank repeatedly tried to contact her via phone calls, text messages, and emails, but Spadoni did not respond. When calls came to her workplace, she had colleagues relay that she was unable to answer.
Charles Schwab & Company Bank eventually filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana.
It was reported that during a software performance improvement test, the bank transferred $82.56 to Spadoni's account and immediately tried to retrieve it, but mistakenly transferred $1.2 million instead.
The bank attempted to withdraw the money from Spadoni's account, but since she had moved all the funds to another account, they were unable to recover it.
According to authorities, the bank was able to recover about 75% of the mistakenly transferred money.
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