Over $10 million in funds was accidentally sent to an Australian woman’s cryptocurrency account.
Once the website noticed the error, they immediately launched legal action against the woman.
Here’s what lawyers for Crypto.com wrote in the lawsuit.
“It is established that the Craigieburn Property was acquired with funds traceable to the Wrongful Payment and would never have been in Gangadory’s hands if the wrongful payment had not been made. Thus, Gangadory was unjustly enriched by receiving the purchase price of the Craigieburn Property out of the Wrongful Payment, and the first plaintiff is entitled to recover an amount representing that price.”
The case is set to return to court in October and court documents state that Gangadory, the woman’s sister, was “seeking legal advice.”
“There’s no doubt that if you saw that in your account you would know it shouldn’t be there, and the onus is actually on you to actually call the sender and to say look that shouldn’t have come into my account,” Justin Lawrence, a partner at Henderson and Ball lawyers, said.
“If you’re withholding property of someone else you’re effectively holding property by deception, you’re not entitled to it, you need to give it back.”
