Couple arrested after £97k spending spree when money was mistakenly added to their bank account
A US couple who went on a spending spree with money deposited in their bank account by mistake have been arrested on charges of theft.
Robert Williams, 36, and wife Tiffany, 35, from Pennsylvania, received $120,000 that wasn't theirs after a mistake by a teller.Instead of notifying the bank, the couple purchased an SUV, two quad bikes, a camper, a race car, and even gave $15,000 to friends.When contacted by officials from the BB&T bank, Ms Williams reportedly said she no longer had the money because she had used it to pay off bills.
She initially told the bank that she and her husband would work out a payment plan to return the money, but stopped communicating after two phone calls, leading the bank to contact police. The couple received the erroneous deposit, intended for investment firm Dimension Covington Investment, on May 31 of this year, and it was withdrawn on June 20.When investigators spoke to the pair in July, both "admitted to knowing the mislaid money did not belong to them, but they spent it anyway", according to state trooper Aaron Brown.
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