He willingly and knowingly took money that didn't belong to him. He deserves some kind of penalty for that. Now I don't think he deserves 25 years in jail. I will be amazed if he actually gets that much. That is probably just the maximum penalty allowable. Capitalizing on somebody else's error in such a way that you end up with property that does not belong to you is called stealing. If somebody accidentally forgot to take their keys out of the door when they went in the house and left them hanging there in the doorknob handle, is it ok for you to walk in their house and start helping yourself to their stuff? I would say you must be about 12 years old after reading your post but sadly, from your signature it looks like you are probably at least of adult voting age. That is just scary. You got a fucked up moral compass, bud.
By the same logic, if the bank makes a mistake, and leaves your bank account empty, you would be fine with that, right?
That would depend I suppose on whether or not the bank was was actually withdrawing money from an account he thought was his own. Let's say he had $10,000 in his own personal account and he came in to withdraw $2000. The teller accidentally took the money out of somebody else's account which happened to have $5 Million in it. In this case, it's reasonable to assume the guy would have no idea the bank had made an error and taken the money out of the wrong account until he got his next balance statement and noticed that the $2000 withdraw was not reflected in his current balance. He was not trying to withdraw more money than he knew he had in his own account so it does not look quite as damaging to him. As soon as he tried to withdraw $2 Million knowing full well he had only $800 in his own personal account, that shows criminal intent.
The bank was withdrawing from the wrong account because they mistook him for somebody else with the same name. He didn't stop them knowing full well he had only $800 to his name. He willingly and knowingly misrepresented himself as somebody else. It should have been painfully obvious to him that they had mistaken him for somebody he was not. And it probably was. Yet he took the money anyhow.
What a douchebag. He knew the money wasn't his yet he proceeded to withdrawal the money. He doesn't deserve 25 years my ass.
EDIT: All he had to tell the teller was that he/she is mistaken and he doesn't have that kind of money.
EDIT: All he had to tell the teller was that he/she is mistaken and he doesn't have that kind of money.
Yeah but it's not like he went in the bank with the intention of withdrawing somebody else's money in mind. But the teller made a mistake . . .a quite blatantly obvious one. . .and he did not do anything to correct it. The money the teller was giving him was not her own. She has no right to give him somebody else's money. But the difference is the bank made an honest mistake. What he did, once he discovered their mistake, was quite intentional.
I feel sorry a little bit for the guy because he should clearly not bear the full brunt of the blame for this. I think if I had only $800 to my name I might start seeing dollar signs in my eyes and maybe not think totally rationally either if I were in the same situation. But being poor does not mean it is ok to steal.
You can bet that if the bank made a mistake and incorrectly direct deposited his paycheck into someone else's account his outlook would be just a wee bit different.
I am sure that those that are condoning this action would also feel a bit different if your payroll was incorrectly deposited and someone swiped it....and the bank told you "ooops!...too bad...we screwed up but it's ok...you'll get another payroll next week...sorry."
Meanwhile the guy who was fortunate enough to get your money is out buying a new LCD to hang on his wall.....sounds fair doesn't it?
I am sure that those that are condoning this action would also feel a bit different if your payroll was incorrectly deposited and someone swiped it....and the bank told you "ooops!...too bad...we screwed up but it's ok...you'll get another payroll next week...sorry."
Meanwhile the guy who was fortunate enough to get your money is out buying a new LCD to hang on his wall.....sounds fair doesn't it?
what a douchebag for not reading. He DID tell them that but they told him he was wrong and its his.
The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told the money was his and he could withdraw the money.
BrokenVisage
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Well, how it SHOULD be is one thing and then how it ACTUALLY IS in the real world is another. And I can tell you that from experience.
My wife used to teach in a public school but she gave her formal written notice that she was quitting at the end of the school year because we were going to be moving too far away over the summer and she was also getting very pregnant at the time. All was fine until the beginning of the next school year when suddenly the school system started direct depositing paychecks into our bank account again even though my wife no longer was teaching.
After the first one she called and told them of their mistake. They said thanks. They said they'd fix it. She asked how to give the money back and the person on the phone said they didn't know. They weren't set up to handle that kind of thing. So we kept it. Two weeks go by and another check is direct deposited. AGAIN we call and tell them of their mistake. Again they tell us they can't take back the money. But at least this time the errant checks finally did stop coming. Fast forward about 2.5 years later, we get a call from a collections agent. The school system is looking for their money.
For somebody who is all for small government and reduced federal rights (aka more personal responsibility) you're sure willing to remove personal responsibility from the equation. What Would Ron Paul Do? (WWRPD?)
Do you realize who will feel the brunt of this? You people are fricking morons if you think that Commerce's investors won't feel this. It's not like it's a private bank, it is owned by everybody.
I love how all of the idiots here think that their actions aren't distributed to society as a whole, a tax if you will, because they want to be greedy pricks themselves.
If I told you that you had a rhinoceros horn growing out of your chin would you believe me?
It doesn't fucking matter what they told him. He knew they were mistaken. He should have been more insistent.
Ahhh, a good ol dose of Alke-logic in the morning.....do the things you say even make sense to your own self?
Ironically, the same "Holier-than-Thou" folks that would always return a wallet, always give back the extra change, etc will try to exploit the hell out of price mistake at Amazon, Best Buy, etc and then bitch about it when their order gets cancelled.
Who cares what they told him, the fact remains that the money is NOT his, and he KNEW it wasn't his. So why did he proceed to spend it? Money does not appear out of nowhere; someone was out of $5 million.
There is something called personal responsibility. Let's sue McDonalds! They are making me fat! Oh wait, that happens all the time.
By your edit you do as YOU stated "All he had to tell the teller was that he/she is mistaken and he doesn't have that kind of money".
hanoverphist
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not national news coverage fuss, but you can be assured he would still be charged and arrested for doing it.
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