A bank accidentally put $120,000 in a couple’s account. Then the pair spent most of it, police say.

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By Kayla Epstein
September 8 at 2:51 PM
Imagine waking up one day to find an extra $120,000 in your bank account. You did not make $120,000 or win $120,000, but there it is, $120,000, just sitting there. Cool!

What would you do with all that cash? Pay off the mountain of student loans you’d otherwise be stuck with till you die? Buy a house? Buy a car? Buy this weird-looking rich-people furniture?

Maybe you should call the bank and find out what’s going on?

Yeah. Yeah, you definitely should call the bank.

Robert and Tiffany Williams of Montoursville, Pa., did not call the bank, police say.

When a non-hypothetical $120,000 intended for a business was accidentally transferred into their BB&T bank account because of a teller error, the couple splurged on a camper, a Chevy and a racecar, state trooper Aaron Brown told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Authorities say they also distributed $15,000 to friends who needed the money.

All told, they spent $100,000 in about 2½ weeks, WNEP reported.

Eventually, though, the bank contacted them on or around June 20 after sending the money to the correct account. The bank notified Tiffany Williams, 35, that they were responsible for returning all the funds, Brown told the Sun-Gazette. He added that the withdrawal resulted in a $107,416 overdraft because the couple’s bank account had only $1,121 in it before the accidental windfall.

BB&T Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tiffany first assured the bank she would work out a repayment plan with her husband, but she eventually ceased communications, WNEP reported.

“That is kind of shocking, with all the procedures the banks have set up, checking and double-checking and triple-checking, there’s no way anybody gets away with that stuff,” Nate Weaver, a neighbor of the Williamses, told WNEP.

The Sun-Gazette reported that the couple, in separate interrogations, told police that they “admitted to knowing the mislaid money did not belong to them, but they spent it anyway.”

The Williamses could not be reached immediately, and it was unclear whether they had retained legal counsel.

The couple now face three felony charges of theft and receiving stolen property, court records show. They appeared in court last week and posted bail of $25,000 each. The Pennsylvania State Police could not immediately comment on the case to The Washington Post.


edit: 10/15/2022 update

 
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:gucci: They fukked themselves over for being stupid.

Only a dumbass thinks if 120k appears in your account, that you should go spend it on 4 wheelers. Of course the bank was going to take it back.
I agree I’m just saying it’s not their fault the money was in the account to begin with :hubie:
 

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I agree I’m just saying it’s not their fault the money was in the account to begin with :hubie:

I mean... Why should they be punished cause the bank made a mistake and gave them the money? I get it they didn't earn it, but what if some money magically appeared at your house are you going to return it? Hell no bro, fukk that bank. :manny:

So you fukk up and the people who have no clue whats going on are the felons?

The way this country coddles banks and corporations is despicable

that said spending 100k in 2 weeks is absolutely retarded and they should be ashamed of themselves

:gucci: Ya'll cant be serious. You have to be extra dumbass to spend money thats not yours
 
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