A couple from Pennsylvania got excited and spent the full $ 120,000 the bank had inadvertently deposited on their account. If at first it seemed a pleasant accident, they must have now regretted their carelessness after being tried for theft.
"It might not have been a good idea," Robert Williams told local media after explaining that they consulted with an expert who did not properly advise.
Over a 17-day period in June, Williams and his wife, Tiffany, who had $ 1,121 in the bank before the deposit, withdrew just over $ 100,000 that the bank inadvertently threw into the account and used it to leave cash on a Chevrolet SUV .
They also bought a minivan, a trailer, a racing car and two quads. The money was also used to pay bills and help friends in need. Only friends spent $ 15,000.
It took the bank three weeks to realize the mistake. Only $ 13,000 was left in the account. The bank told the couple they were responsible for returning the money.
Tiffany Williams, 35, told bank representatives she would talk to her husband about drafting a payment agreement.
In July, during interrogations separately, Robert and Tiffany admitted that they knew the money didn't belong, but spent it anyway.
The couple then stopped communicating with the bank and were charged with theft.
The couple's neighbor expressed no remorse for the event. "I would have contacted the bank before doing anything like that," he said. "I'm not that stupid, but people do stupid things sometimes."
