Crypto.com sent woman $10M instead of $100

CryptoCom, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, committed a monumental error by sending $10,500,000 to a client while attempting to return $100. The business didn’t recognize its error until seven months after the acquisition was finalized.

According to the Daily Mail, an Australian lady named Thevamanogari Manivel sought a $100 refund from Crypto.com in May 2021, but the corporation handed her an astounding $10.5 million by mistake.

The problem occurred when the team processing the refund typed an account number instead of $100 in the payment part of the transfer. After doing an audit, it was not until December 2021 that Crypto.com realized its error.

After finding the mistake, the business attempted to collect the monies from the client, but she had already spent $1.35 million on a five-bedroom luxury condominium and transferred the remainder to other accounts. The residence was acquired on February 3, 2022, according to the report.

On February 7, Crypto.com sought the court to freeze Manivel’s bank account, but she had already transferred $10.1 million to a second joint account and $430,000 to her daughter, Raveena Vijian, before the order could be issued. She also switched the home registration to her Malaysia-based sister, Thilagavathy Gangadory.

The corporation has now filed suit against Manivel and her sister in the Supreme Court.

The case’s presiding judge, James Dudley Elliott, has ordered the mansion to be auctioned, with the proceeds going to Crypto.com. In addition, Judge Elliott ordered the lady to repay the remaining funds.

In the meanwhile, errors resulting in the loss of cash are not new to the cryptocurrency industry. During a promotional campaign in May 2021, the crypto loan company BlockFi incorrectly rewarded its clients with 700 BTC.

Someone transferred $1 million in Ethereum (ETH) to a non-fungible token (NFT) vendor instead of putting a bid on the NFT marketplace OpenSea for a digital item late last year.

In September, an unnamed user inadvertently paid $23.5 million in transaction fees for Ethereum.

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