An employee of a German bank fell asleep while working and made an accidental transfer of $234,021,110 while sleeping.
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The internet was shocked when it was revealed that an employee of a bank in Germany made a $234,021,110 transfer by accident after falling asleep with his finger on the keyboard.
The accident occurred while the employee was processing a $67.82 transaction. In the middle of the process, he fell asleep on the keyboard, accidentally pressing the number two key, which generated the surreal amount of $234,164,444.44.
The employee’s supervisor said he didn’t notice the mistake and approved the transactions, reviewing a total of 812 documents for potential errors.
The bank decided to fire the supervisor, arguing that he failed to do his job of checking the transactions before authorizing them. However, the situation was resolved after a third employee identified the error in the system and corrected it in time.
Later, a court decided that the supervisor had no ill intent and that his dismissal was unjust. The bank was ordered to reinstate him.
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