“I thought I won,” says woman who accidentally received $10 million worth of cryptocurrencies

After an audit in December last year, exchange Crypto.com discovered that it had mistakenly sent more than $10 million to an Australian customer.

Nevertheless, Thevamanogari Crank had asked for a refund of only $100. The amount of US$10,474,143 sent in May of that year was therefore a typo, as these numbers were the investor’s bank account.

In the months that followed, the woman spent much of the money. He bought a R$6.8 million mansion in Melbourne, Australia, and zeroed out his account before it was frozen.

Case ends up in court

As can be seen, Manivel had no interest in refunding the amount wrongly received from the broker Crypto.com. The company therefore had to go to court to recover the amount.

During the trial held Tuesday (11), the investor pleaded not guilty. Moving on, his wife, Jatinder Singh, was also heard because the account on Crypto.com was in his name, despite the deposit and withdrawal that took place in Manivel’s account.

According to The Guardian, Manivel claimed Singh told him the $10 million was a prize from a mediation contest. The same was stated by Singh but denied by Crypto.com.

Moving on, it was also reported that the money was used to buy four houses, one of which was mentioned at the beginning of this article. In addition, another $4 million was sent to Manivel’s sister, who lives in Malaysia.

Australian woman arrested in March with one-way ticket to Malaysia

Still with information from The Guardian, Thevamanogari Manivel had already been arrested at Melbourne airport in March this year while trying to fly to Malaysia on a one-way ticket. That is, everything indicates that she intended to flee the country.

However, Manivel still had his bail request accepted by the magistrate. However, the Australian must surrender her passport and not attempt to leave Australia.

As far as Crypto.com is concerned, the exchange’s situation looks delicate. In addition to this $10 million in dispute with Manivel, the company has also canceled several multimillion-dollar partnerships in recent months and laid off about 2,000 employees.