A man quit his job after accidentally receiving 330 times his usual salary – and subsequently won a legal battle to keep the unexpected windfall.
The employee, who worked at Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos de Chile, received 165 million Chilean pesos ($171,600.00) instead of his regular salary of 500,000 pesos ($520) due to a company error in May 2022.
When the company discovered the mistake, they asked the office assistant to return the money, claiming he had agreed to do so during an HR meeting. However, three days later, he resigned without returning the funds. It comes as one Redditor explained how they ‘swindled scammers’ into sending them money.
The multinational company then sued the man, accusing him of theft in a court case that lasted three years, according to the Mirror. If he had been found guilty of theft, the man could have faced financial penalties and potentially up to 540 days in jail.
But in September, judges in Santiago, Chile, dismissed the case, ruling that the man had not committed theft but rather it was an “unauthorized collection.”
Since it wasn’t classified as theft, the court couldn’t proceed with prosecution, as per Diario Financiero. Despite the ruling, the company stated it would appeal the decision as it is determined to recover the money. “The Food Industrial Consortium will take all possible legal action, in particular an appeal for annulment, to review the conclusion,” it said in a statement.
In a shocking revelation, a teacher in Germany reportedly took sick leave for 16 years while still receiving her full £48,000 salary throughout the entire period, all without the school’s knowledge.
The educator, who taught biology and geography, went on sick leave in August 2009 due to chronic illness and psychological issues.
She was supposed to undergo a medical assessment after being absent for three months, but this never happened, and her sick leave was systematically extended for nearly two decades.
As per Bild, the teacher allegedly received between €5,051 (£4,369) and €6,174 (£5,341) monthly.
Her absence remained unnoticed until a management shake-up in 2024 when an internal review revealed the “oversight” that had lasted for two decades.
Dorothee Feller, the education minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, expressed her shock, saying: “I have a lot of questions because I’ve never been confronted with a case like this before.”
A health examination is now scheduled to determine the current status of the teacher’s health.
Source – https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/chilean-man-salary-overpay-legal-1427241