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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Wed May 23, 2012, 04:12 PM May 2012

Wells Fargo Accidentally Gave This Guy $70,000 And Now He's Facing Jail Time [View all]

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Trevose, Pa. man and charged him with stealing more than $69,000 from his own bank account.

When Wells Fargo customer Joseph Bucci found a mysterious deposit for $69,300, he went on a shopping spree rather than reporting the error to the bank, according to Bensalem Police.

With the cash, Bucci allegedly racked up clothes, furniture, a new car and airline tickets on the bank's dime before cops finally caught up with him. At the time, there was about $2,000 left in his account.

Even though the deposit appeared to be the bank's fault, Bucci was still legally obligated to turn it over,

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Wells Fargo Accidentally Gave This Guy $70,000 And Now He's Facing Jail Time [View all] FarCenter May 2012 OP

It's not mystery... Phentex May 2012 #1

If I found $70K in my bank account The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #2

What an idiot Politicalboi May 2012 #3

Maybe he figured since the banks have been spending OUR money like crazy.... dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #5

He was wrong... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #13

Bullshit. girl gone mad May 2012 #14

Accidentally spent the money... cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #24

Weird that people think if it's someone else's mistake, then Lex May 2012 #4

Good. Jail is where he belongs. n/t B2G May 2012 #6

Wells Fargo invest heavily in private, for-profit prisons. Perhaps he'll end there Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #10

Move over Bait Car, I smell an even better show! Rex May 2012 #7

Think of the product placement! Scurrilous May 2012 #17

Bawhahahaha! Rex May 2012 #18

No sympathy from me. unreadierLizard May 2012 #8

i agree the guy was dumb. but when the mistake goes in the opposite direction & the bank spends HiPointDem May 2012 #9

What he have done if the bank credited his deposit to the wrong account. badtoworse May 2012 #11

Maybe he thought it was the tooth fairy who put it in there? NNN0LHI May 2012 #12

He should say he thought it was the Nigerian Merchant deposit he was expecting. Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #30

Is it flat out stealing. And he knew it. Not a smart move. n-t Logical May 2012 #15

his lawyers should assert The Second Stone May 2012 #16

He should have taken the money and put it an Arctic Dave May 2012 #19

Hells yes. That's the American Way NightWatcher May 2012 #23

He was only 22. KatyMan May 2012 #20

He is not a child. He's an adult. He can vote. You would expect that he would realize that the Arkansas Granny May 2012 #21

He's old enough to have taken a shitload of student loans and bought a degree. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #26

Absolutely nothing that comes close to being that stupid Raine May 2012 #27

My wife checks our account balances frequently ashling May 2012 #22

Yeah, he's guilty. Stupid kid. He knew it wasn't his money. He knew who the owner was. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #25

I think he should be allowed to keep the money. gulliver May 2012 #28

It happened to my mom and dad. 16k grok May 2012 #29

Terrible title. jp11 May 2012 #31

found money? upi402 May 2012 #32