Bank teller foils half billion USD robbery (yes, really)

A bank teller at a branch in suburban London got suspicious when a chap tried to transfer 2 million US dollars to Japan

• The teller checked the account balance, which was $500 million
• She refused the transfer and alerted the boss
• Long story short the 500 million was illegally transferred out of Uganda by officials of the country's central bank

Yikes

The Wall Street Journal has more detail, its a great read if you can access the gated story

• The $500 Million Central Bank Heist-and How It Was Foiled

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I got a chuckle.

I often try to transfer a few million out of my account whereupon the teller says something like : 'Sir, there is a three dollars and fifty cents in your account?'

LOL.

Good times.