just as the title states, a man in Japan mistakenly sent 46.3m yen to his bank account which was supposed to be shared among 436 people in their town. the article says that the man gambled away the money by withdrawing 600k yen daily for two weeks and gambles it in online casinos and when the authority finally contacted him the money has already been gambled and gone. initially the man refuse to pay back the money that was mistakenly sent to him but after some time he decided to pay it back
bit by bit. the town is also suing him for this incident.
you can read the full story here
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61490436now, I have a question, do you think the man is entirely at fault or someone should also be responsible?
This is a case where I am inclined because the man was not to blame, well he was to blame for betting and losing what he lost, but I am in favor of something, if a person receives money, that money is already of that person, the error was on the part of the person who sent it, when the money enters a person's bank account, I see it as entering private property, no one has the right to enter without the full consent of the person who owns it, In this case, he had the decency to return all the money, which I admire, but I think he did it because he is a very correct and ethical person, but in the case that he had been a person who did not work or have any income, how would he have done it? done then? pay with jail? I do not think so.