German bank online transfer error: About 12 years ago, a strange incident happened in a bank in Germany that shocked the world. An employee fell asleep with his fingers on his computer keyboard at work. Due to this error, one person transferred not 64.20 euros, but 222 million euros (approximately more than 1,990 crore rupees). Fortunately, another employee caught the error in time and the transaction was halted.
Legal battle begins
This incident happened in 2012 and is now going viral on the internet. The most surprising thing about this case is that even the supervisor approved the transaction without noticing the clerk’s mistake. It was the supervisor’s responsibility to investigate the transactions, so the bank held him accountable and fired him. The matter was brought to the German Labor Court and a legal battle began.
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court makes judgment
After a long legal battle, the Labor Court of the German state of Hesse ruled on the case. The court said the bank’s decision to fire the employee was wrong. The court said the clerk did not make the mistake intentionally. The court also said that even if the employee failed to notice his mistake, he should not be fired for his actions.
The court also stated
The court also said the employee was under severe time pressure and had to review hundreds of transactions every day. The court also mentioned in the order that on the day of the 222 million euros erroneous transaction incident, the employee was working on 812 documents, and he could only spend a few seconds on each document. In its order, the court emphasized that it found no evidence of willful negligence on the part of the employee. The court stated that a formal warning was sufficient in lieu of dismissal in this case.
People are also giving feedback
Discussions about the banking system intensified on social media after the incident came to light. Many people said that if banks had better security systems, such a huge mistake could have been avoided. Some people say that large transactions require multi-level approval, which can detect irregularities and reduce risks. Some blamed the mistake on bank staff and said falling asleep at work was irresponsible, while others said anyone could make such a mistake under pressure at work.
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