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Crypto.com gives a lady $7 million instead of a $68 refund, and she uses the money to purchase a home.

Last updated: 2022/09/09 at 10:58 AM
Pushkar Awasthi Published September 2, 2022
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Crypto.com mistakenly deposited $7.2 million to an Australian client’s account instead of a $68 refund. They were unaware of the error for seven months when the customer had already used the funds to purchase a home.

Do you recall the Friends episode when Phoebe discovered a severed thumb floating in her Coke and later received $7,000 from the beverage business as restitution for the error? Phoebe attempted to spend the extra money she had that day, including a $1,000 deposit that had come inadvertently from her bank, but not everyone is Phoebe.
Due to a careless error, the cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com unintentionally sent 10.5 million Australian dollars (about $7.2 million) to a Melbourne client instead of offering a refund of 100 Australian dollars (around $68).

When an employee entered the account number in the payment amount section rather than the amount in May 2021, the funds were transferred. Crypto.com did not even discover the issue until a December 2021 audit.

In contrast to Phoebe, the client in issue, Thevamanogari Manivel, allegedly moved the money to a joint account and spent 1.3 million Australian dollars (or around $890,526) on an excellent property for her sister, Thilagavathy Gangadory, in Melbourne’s north-central suburb of Craigieburn. Would you forfeit a chance like that?

In February, once Crypto.com realized its error, it could block Manivel’s Commonwealth Bank account, but most of the money had already been moved to other accounts, which were subsequently frozen.
Solicitors for Crypto.com tried to serve Gangadory with the freezing orders, but she didn’t reply to their messages. The only communication that was made accessible to the court was a “received, thank you” email from Manivel’s legal representatives. The cryptocurrency exchange, which has the support of Matt Damon, has now sued to want the money back in Victoria Supreme Court.

According to The Guardian, Crypto.com was granted a default judgment to compel Gangadory to sell the property as quickly as possible, with the proceeds going to Crypto.com along with interest for $27,369.64 and costs.

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