BBC News · Saturday, February 7, 2026
S Korean crypto firm accidentally pays out $40bn in bitcoin - BBC
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The company quickly realised its mistake and managed to recover virtually all the missing tokens from customers.
In April 2024 Citigroup, a US bank, mistakenly credited $81 trillion, instead of $280, to a customer's account. Two employees failed to spot the error before it was processed, but the bank reversed t… [+99 chars]