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Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Can he be arrested for that?
It’s funny and all
But 135k won’t last him his whole life he has to do work one way or another
So eventually they will find him out
What was his job?
How much time do you spend posting on Reddit op?
if I were in his shoes, I’d be sweating bullets. Sure, it’s tempting, but that kind of “jackpot” usually comes with strings attached…or handcuffs.
Short term gain. They’ll just contact the bank and reverse the payment if it hasn’t cleared yet. That or take it to court and garnish any future money he earns until the debt is paid.
Can’t they just call their bank and cancel the check? Also what kind of employer doesn’t know their employees address?
Wouldn’t find me either
I mean if it was a direct deposit they are just taking it right back.
And if it’s in a bank account they are taking it back
And I really don’t think he walked a check to the bank and took out 135k without flags getting raised there and the amount getting double checked with the business by the bank.
As someone who has received calls for payroll checks before from my bank.
Geschichten aus dem Paulanergarten
lucky guy
Wasn’t there a court case a while ago that decided if a bank deposits funds into your account you’re not obligated to return it??
Ahhh the old “Possession is 9/10ths the law” bit!
Sadly for this person there is that pesky 1/10th.
>AND NOW THEY CAN’T FIND HIM
They have his social, they don’t need to find him.
“can’t find him” despite having his full legal name, bank account details, current registered address, and insurance/security number, as well as most likely his telephone number, and multiple people in his workplace likely knowing him outside of work as well?
I call 1000000% bullshit
He definitely hit the jackpot, then hit the road.
How much could you spend and reasonably claim to have not noticed and thus maaaybe not be liable to return?
They’ll get flagged and criminally charged even though it was the employer’s mistake.
Wouldn’t they have his SIN? Should be easy to track once they get a new job
buys 4 years
Oh god I fuckkng wish
Surely that isn’t theft and he could keep the money
When I started my current job someone messed up and somehow my annual salary was set as my monthly. I started right at the end of the month, so it wasn’t a huge amount of money as I was paid for the days I had worked from my start date, but I received far more than I was due for 3 days of work. The situation was solved quickly, but for a brief moment I was on a higher pay rate than the top executives of the company as a junior.
Guess they took ‘take the money and run’ a bit too literally!
Love how this challenges the norm! We seriously need more of this energy in the world. Keep spreading awareness ✨
Bro hit the jackpot and went *ghost mode.*
This is pretty common. Not necessarily the 4,000 hours on one check, but I’ve seen some 10x – 20x paycheck errors at work, and yes, the dudes just quit, and the company never goes after them.
This is old it keeps getting passed around a few times a year
Shocking, his resume said he was an excellent bookkeeper!
OP has a 1.6M post karma what the FUCK? And he doesn’t get paid for it
Dudes gonna spend it, get another job, be found, and then will be $135k in debt
Opps, one of my employers paid me for a vacation twice one year, huge retail chain, they never caught it