A man from Wageningen has gone to court to try to recover €43,000 he sent to the wrong bank account, The Telegraaf reports on Thursday.
The man was attempting to pay the money into his son's bank account but made a one-digit error when putting the number into his internet banking system.
Instead the cash went to a woman in Almelo who refused to return it. She used most of the money to buy a car and pay off her gambling debts. Police also found €10,000 in cash at her house.
The man has now gone to court to ask for the money back. The entire process could take years, the paper says. [rc]
© DutchNews.nl
September 24, 2009
NETHERLANDS: Internet typing error costs father €43,000
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands / DutchNews Newsletter / September 24, 2009
A man from Wageningen has gone to court to try to recover €43,000 he sent to the wrong bank account, The Telegraaf reports on Thursday.
The man was attempting to pay the money into his son's bank account but made a one-digit error when putting the number into his internet banking system.
Instead the cash went to a woman in Almelo who refused to return it. She used most of the money to buy a car and pay off her gambling debts. Police also found €10,000 in cash at her house.
The man has now gone to court to ask for the money back. The entire process could take years, the paper says. [rc]
© DutchNews.nl
A man from Wageningen has gone to court to try to recover €43,000 he sent to the wrong bank account, The Telegraaf reports on Thursday.
The man was attempting to pay the money into his son's bank account but made a one-digit error when putting the number into his internet banking system.
Instead the cash went to a woman in Almelo who refused to return it. She used most of the money to buy a car and pay off her gambling debts. Police also found €10,000 in cash at her house.
The man has now gone to court to ask for the money back. The entire process could take years, the paper says. [rc]
© DutchNews.nl
