Bank Error Leads To Windfall, Then Jail BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) ―
A Pennsylvania couple is behind bars after police say they failed to call the bank when a glitch put an extra $175,000 in their account.
Authorities say 50-year-old Randy Pratt and 36-year-old Melissa Pratt instead withdrew the money, quit their jobs and moved to Florida. They were buying a house in the Orlando area when the mistake was traced.
The two were arraigned Tuesday on theft and other charges and jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail. A public defender was being assigned.
A $1,772.50 deposit showed up in their FNB Bank account last summer as $177,250. Police say Melissa Pratt said ,her husband, a roofing installer often got large checks and she wasn't aware of any error.
I'll bet that if the bank had made the error in the opposite direction and the couple had bounced a couple of checks, the bank would have still charged them a fee for the processing; even though it was their fault. I don't like banks either!>>>
crazy world !>>>
I don't know about these criminals that take money out of their own accounts. Now if they had stolen $50,000,000,000 they would be allowed to stay in their own home.>>>
You see the problem is that in this system, everyone is equal; however, some people are more "equal" than others.>>>
And they say it doesn't mater who you are. The criminal justice system treats everybody the same. NO WAY!!>>>
Yeah.....ain't that a trip........Chicago politics goes national......makes me fcuking puke.....>>>
They tried to grab too much at once. I hear that say if you only forgot to pay the IRS $35,000, and later pay it only to get a plumb gov job, they only consider it to be a 'slight oversight'.>>>