The Russian company mistakenly transfers all workers' salaries to a worker CHAfatlumin BAR ret returns 80 thousand euros

When the announcement came from the bank app earlier this year, Vladimir Rychagov did not believe his eyes.

In addition to 4654 rubles (500 euros), who knew they belonged to them on vacation, it had also benefited 711 254 rubles (80 thousand euros).

He had heard from colleagues that the factory was preparing to pay 13th pay after a successful year, but... he didn't expect anything this big, reports Oddy Central.

Joy didn't last long because soon calls from the accounting department announcing the “have been transferred to 7 million faucets by mistake. You must return”. But after doing some research online, Vladimir decided not to return the money.

I realized that if it was a technical error, it was my responsibility if I wanted it back, but if it was a billing mistake, I was forced to return”, Rychagov Canal 5 said, and added that “then I learned it was a technical error and decided I had the right to keep the money”.

According to court documents from his employer, the money was meant to pay the salaries of 34 employees in a completely different branch. But because of a software defect, they were wrongly transferred to Rychagov, so he was forced to return.

In his defense, the worker argued that the funds had been accepted on behalf of the company, not on a specific branch, and were listed as <x0Page” on the payment order, so he claimed to meet them.

Rychagov shows that the company's requests to turn the money into threats, so he used the new “wealth” to buy a new car and move with the family to another town. On the way to the new apartment, a lawsuit was initiated by the factory and its bank accounts were frozen.

The employer did not give up 7 million rubles and began a long court battle. Courts in the first degree and appeals ruled in favour of employers, noting that at the end of the reporting period, there had been no wage duties against employees, and the payment of 7 million rubles was not considered pay. Rychagov, therefore, was obliged to return 7 million rubles.

The case is surprisingly similar to a Chilean man who accidentally took 286 times his wages and disappeared without a trace instead of returning the money. /Telegraphy/ Periscope.