Tuesday, 11 June 2013

WTF? German Banker Falls Asleep At Work, Accidentally Transfers $293M


According to Raw Story: An obviously tired German bank employee fell asleep on his keyboard and accidentally transformed a minor transfer into a 222 million euro ($293 million) order, a court heard.
The Hessen labour court heard that the man was supposed to transfer just 62.40 euros from a bank account belonging to a retiree, but instead “fell asleep for an instant, while pushing onto the number 2 key on the keyboard” — making it a huge 222,222,222.22 euro order.
The bank discovered the mistake shortly afterwards and corrected the error. The man’s 48-year-old colleague who was fired for letting the mistake slip through when verifying the order took the case to court.
The court ruled that the plaintiff should be reinstated in his job.
Damn, and ole boy got to keep his job????? Must be nice.

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