When Paul Fischer checked his bank account Friday night, he had a happy surprise. His balance had exploded to $88,888,888,888.88. A very lucky number. You say, 'Eighty-eight billion, what can I do with that?'" said Mr. Fischer, who owns a jewelry concessionaire for Florida theme parks. "Maybe a handful of us could have brought down SunTrust Bank." Mr. Fischer had other ideas as well. Before the problem was fixed, he asked a SunTrust rep if he could move the money to an interest-bearing account until it was reclaimed and donate the interest to charity. Total interest: more than $7.3 million.The money was stripped out of his account by Saturday morning.
I think it's really important to prevent mistakes like these. The banks should try to be more careful about these kind of errors. Not only is it disappointing for the man, but imagine if the money had fallen into the wrong hands. With a billion dollars even in just a few hours, he could have done a LOT. but wow.. if I had a million dollars... i don't even know where to start!! what a sad and disappointing day for Mr. Fischer..
