His lucky streak began on Aug. 1, 2009, when prosecutors say the bank’s mistake allowed him to withdraw $312,000 from ATMs at Greektown Casino and $51,727 from MGM Grand Casino, both in Detroit.
He is a retired General Motors employee, kept an average of just $100 in his bank account.
Unfortunatelly,he pressed his luck in the casinos, eventually gambling away the entire amount.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit is recommending him receive 15 months in prison for stealing the funds and pay back every penny when he’s sentenced June 27 in federal court.
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But do you know what would happen if this case is made in China?
On April 21, 2006, a chinese named Xu Ting ,withdrawaled his money in a bank's ATM cash machine in Guangzhou City. Discovered that when he removed 1000 Yuan, the bank card account only deducted 1 Yuan. Ting Xu are very pleased, successively teller 175,000 Yuan. A year later he was arrested by the police. But he said he is helping the bank custody of money, rather than theft.
But the court finally sentenced him to life imprisonment for theft.
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