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Bithumb accepted the loss, acknowledging it was unrecoverable, with actual losses around $10 million USD. However, a user of another exchange wasn't so lucky. In May 2021, an Australian woman only wanted a refund of 100 AUD, but an employee accidentally entered her bank account number into the "amount" field, directly transferring 10.5 million AUD to her. She and her partner thought they had won the lottery and went on a buying spree, purchasing luxury homes, cars, and artwork, and even transferring the money to relatives and friends. The platform only discovered the fraud during an audit seven months later and quickly filed a lawsuit to recover the funds. The court froze assets, forced the sale of the property, and recovered most of the money. Ultimately, the man was convicted of theft and sentenced to three years in prison, while the woman was placed under community corrections. A classic example of a "windfall" scheme backfiring: money in hand isn't necessarily yours. But slow risk control is even more fatal 😂 These two exchanges are also showing signs of collapse. Their distribution systems should set limits for different cryptocurrencies and add more automatic verification and alarm mechanisms. Hopefully, all platforms can learn from this lesson.

PANews
@PANews
02-07
Bithumb:实际误发62万枚比特币,已追回99.7% 据 Bithumb 公告,该交易所在活动奖励发放过程中出现操作失误,导致向 695 名用户错误发放总计 62 万枚比特币(而非此前市场猜测的 2000 枚)。 Bithumb 在多付奖励发生后 35 分钟内冻结了 695 位客户的交易和提现。已追回 618,212
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