A bank accidentally deposited $50 billion into a Louisiana family's account

[DammagedAgain]

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(CNN)For four days, Darren James and his family were multibillionaires.
The real estate agent from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his wife were doing a routine check on their finances last Saturday when they noticed $50 billion had been mistakenly deposited into their Chase Bank account.
"That's not like a one zero error or a two zero error, that's somebody that fell asleep on the keyboard error," James joked. "I was excited for sure. Really surprised how it got there and wondered if I had a rich uncle that gave it to me."

But to his disappointment, it wasn't an inheritance -- just an incredibly unusual error.

Chase Bank restored the family's account to its correct balance on Tuesday, James said.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/03/us/50-billion-mistakenly-deposited-bank-account-louisiana/index.html

 

[sickpuhpee]

If that was an interest bearing account do they get to keep it? Probably not but I tell you .25% annual just on a few days of 50B should be more than enough to get very nice new car at least.

 

[Weaserlorian]

I would have done a hefty withdrawal and ran LOL

 

[NavyRet]

Shoulda transferred it to a numbered Swiss account.