Fleeting Wealth Cost Him 7 Cents
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LONDON — A bank has admitted it made a British businessman a millionaire for a day--and charged him the equivalent of 7 cents for the blunder.
Robert Coleman, 45, an office manager from Rochester, England, found he had been credited with $1.53 million on March 8 on the receipt of his National Westminster Bank statement.
It also showed the bank reclaimed the cash the day after, with the extra debit.
Coleman’s account was left just $83 in the black.
“The extra five pence was transferred in error and will be rectified,” the bank said.
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