Crypto.com sues users after he has reimbursed $ 10 million instead of $ 100

Crypto.com sues users after he has reimbursed $ 10 million instead of $ 100

The Börsen platform Crypto.com suffers from an expensive mistake after accidentally refunding an Australian a much higher amount than expected.

The woman based in Melbourne applied for a reimbursement of $ 100 from the stock exchange in May last year, but received $ 10 million, Daily Mail registered .

crypto.com noticed the error until seven months later during an annual examination.

The stock exchange, headquartered in Singapore, legally pursued the user to reclaim the money, and informed the court that the error had happened because an account number was entered in the payment field instead of the amount originally requested, according to the report.

But when Crypto.com realized what had happened, the $ 10 million had already flowed into a manor house in Melbourner's suburb of Craigieburn, completely with home theater and gym.

The women don't get away so easily. According to reports, a judge has now ordered the sale of their ownership and the repayment of the exchange money.

crypto.com will probably win in court because it is a well-established company, but according to Alexander Tkachenko, CEO, this will serve as a warning story for other companies.

"While random errors occur on most platforms, this is too expensive to ignore them," he said to block works. Representatives of Crypto.com have not answered the request for comment until the editorial deadline.

Crypto.com was founded in Hong Kong in 2016 and, according to the company, has over 50 million active users.

The fiasco is reminiscent of a similar event that took place at around the same time last year.

The crypto loan blockfi incorrectly paid Bitcoin worth millions of dollars to a number of user accounts in May 2021 when the asset was traded at around $ 49,000.

employees accidentally handled payments in BTC instead of stablecoin USDC. In a Twitter said that some customers who took part in a trading campaign would see inaccurate bonus payments.

CEO ZAC Prince told the company sent a "couple hundred" in bitcoin for less than 100 users. of legal threats against the recipients later appeared.