German man falls asleep, transfers millions
AN employee at a bank in Germany has fallen asleep on his keyboard, accidentally transforming a minor currency transfer into a $311 million order (EUR222 million), a court has heard.
The man was supposed to move just 62.40 euros from the bank account of a retiree, but instead \"fell asleep for an instant, while pushing onto the number 2 key on the keyboard,\" making it a huge 222,222,222.22 euro order, the Hessen labour court was told.
The bank quickly discovered the mistake and corrected the error.
However the case was taken to court by the man's 48-year-old colleague who was fired for letting the mistake slip through when verifying the order.
The court ruled that the plaintiff should be reinstated in his job.
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