Monday, July 30, 2007

Faulty ATM could cause legal issues for beneficiaries

An ATM in Louisiana that gave out too much money could cost the beneficiaries an encounter with law enforcement. Apparently, the machine spewed out twenty dollar bills in place of five dollar bills for a few days before being reported and fixed. The ATM company plans to track down the beneficiaries and demand the overage back. Darn those electronic records!

None of the beneficiaries of the windfall reported the boon. Someone who worked at the truck stop where the machine was placed noticed all the happy commentary among some of the lucky.

1 comment:

briwei said...

I had something like that happen to me once. Got an extra $20 out of the machine. It was noted on my next statement. They got the cash, they'll lose it from their accounts, and they should.