Mum is accidentally paid £6MILLION into her bank account and uses cash to buy dream home and pay family
A MUM was stunned to find £6million in her bank account before splurging the lot on a luxury home and helping out her family.
Thevamanogari Manivel was due to receive a £60 refund from cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, which uses actor Matt Damon in its advertising.
But the company accidentally entered an account number in the field that was meant to be the cash amount.
Ms Manivel, from Melbourne, Australia then spent a large chunk on a plush house and shipped the rest off to other accounts.
She had splashed out £800,000 on a five-bedroom, four-bathroom house as a “gift” for her sister, Thilagavathy Gangadory.
The rest of the wrongful payment was then dished out between six other people, including her daughter and sister.
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Her luck came crashing down when the mistake was realised during routine audit.
Crypto.com uncovered the error and started legal proceedings, which resulted in her being ordered to pay back every penny with interest.
It started its legal battle in February and managed to get Ms Manivel's accounts frozen - but most of the money was already gone.
Two weeks later, her sister's bank accounts were also frozen.
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Victorian Supreme Court judge James Elliott said: "Extraordinarily, the plaintiffs allegedly did not realise this significant error until some seven months later."
The judge has now ordered that the property be sold and the money be paid back - including ten per cent interest and legal fees, reports
Mr Elliott said: “It is established that the Craigieburn property was acquired with funds traceable to the wrongful payment and would never have been in Gangadory’s hands if the wrongful payment had not been made.
“Thus, Gangadory was unjustly enriched by receiving the purchase price of the Craigieburn property out of the wrongful payment.
“Accordingly, I was satisfied that the orders relating to the sale of the Craigieburn property were appropriate.”
Other orders have also been issued against others who received money from the accidental payment.
