A consumer received $7.2 million by mistake from Crypto.com

A consumer received $7.2 million by mistake from Crypto.com instead of a $68 refund

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A fairly unfortunate blunder caused the cryptocurrency exchange Crypto

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com, which sponsors the Los Angeles Lakers arena and is backed by Matt Damon, to mistakenly send $10.5 million AUD (about $7.2 million USD) to an Australian customer

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instead of delivering a regular $100 AUD (around $68 USD). Seven months after the blunder was made, the exchange discovered it

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had passed by which time some of the money had already vanished, according to Australian news site 7News via CoinTelegraph

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Thevamanogari Manivel, the consumer in question, reportedly transferred the money to a joint account

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spent $1.3 million AUD $890,526 USD on a lavish, five-bedroom mansion for her sister instead of reporting the inaccurate return to Crypto.com

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By filing a lawsuit in the Victoria Supreme Court, the corporation is attempting to recover its money

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