Crypto.com Sues Woman After Sending Her $10M by Mistake

The irony is that if crypto.com had mistakenly sent $10M of a cryptocurrency they would have no hope of getting it back.

The crazy part of the story for me is that it apparently took crypto.com <i>five months</i> to notice that they sent her $10.5 million instead of the expected $100 refund! My god how could there be so little guardrails in place to not notice that immediately?

I love these kinds of stories, and almost always hope that the mistaken receipient gets to keep all or at least a nice chunk of the accidental windfall.<p>What&#x27;s the likely outcome in this case?

When you accidentally transfer money to the wrong account, the bank shrugs and says there is nothing they can do. Go figure.

She probably thought she had gotten rich through crypto. Doesn&#x27;t everybody?

tl;dr<p>Crypto.com, which is a Singapore-based exchange, mistakenly sent $10.5 million when Thevamanogari Manivel asked for a $100 refund back in May 2021.<p>But instead of notifying Crypto.com of the mistake, Manivel and her sister Thilagavathy Gangadory allegedly went shopping—with Manivel buying a $1.35 million five-bedroom home as a gift.<p>The company has since taken legal action and Victoria’s Supreme Court has ordered the home to be sold and the money returned, according to the report.