Bank to sue customer who withdrew $18K from faulty ATM
An American bank has announced plans to sue a customer who withdrew $18,000 from a faulty ATM, which was dispensing $100 bills instead of $5 bills.
The Wichita Eagle reports the Central National Bank in Wichita contends Christina Ochoa knew the ATM wasn’t functioning properly but continued to withdraw.
Documents obtained by the Eagle suggest Ochoa made more than 50 withdrawals over five days in mid-January, with several transactions processed in the middle of the night.
The bank now wants her to pay back $14,795.21 plus interest.
The case has also implicated Ochoa’s mother, Christy, who is believed to have driven her daughter to the bank to commit the fraudulent transactions.
“The first time the ATM dispensed more money than what was due … Christina and Christy had a duty to return the surplus funds to the bank. … Not only did they fail to (do) so, but they capitalised on the situation by making a series of over fifty structured withdrawals, most within minutes of each other, and transacted at all hours of the night in order to expose Central to more loss,” court documents reportedly said.
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