A Pennsylvania couple is out on bond after they spent $100,000 of $120,000 deposited into their bank account accidentally.
Robert and Tiffany Williams, of Montoursville, Pa., found the $120,000 in their bank account and forgot to call the bank.
$120,000 intended for a business was accidentally transferred into their BB&T bank account because of a teller error, state trooper Aaron Brown told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.
Brown said the couple went on a spending spree – knowing the money in the bank account wasn’t theirs to spend.
The Williamses bought a camper, a Chevy and a racecar before giving $15,000 to their broke friends.
They spent a total of $100,000 in about 2½ weeks, WNEP reports.
The bank eventually realized the error and notified Tiffany Williams, 35, that she had X amount of days to return the cash, Brown told the Sun-Gazette.
Brown said the withdrawal resulted in a $107,416 overdraft because the couple had only $1,121 in their bank account.
Williams agreed to pay back the money if the bank put her on a payment plan.
The bank agreed to the payment plan, but Williams stopped making the payments and refused to return the bank’s calls or emails.
The bank pressed charges and the couple was arrested and charged with three felony counts of theft by receiving.
The Sun-Gazette reported that the couple, in separate interrogations, told police that they “admitted to knowing the mislaid money did not belong to them, but they spent it anyway.”
They appeared in court last week and posted bail of $25,000 each, according to The Washington Post.
