A LARGE sum of money got sent to the wrong bank account and the receiver ended up in a tizzy after already spending it. It was more than $11,000 that a woman was supposed to get deposited into her account as a tax refund, but the money didn’t make it due to one bank account number being off...READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶ 
The numbers were believed to have been entered wrong when the woman and her mother did taxes through an online service in March 2022.
The woman and local police from Fairview Township, Pennslyvania, 124 miles west of Philadelphia, shared the story with the York Dispatch.
She contacted the bank about not receiving the refund and the bank later found the exact amount of money in another account with the one number off.
The receiver has been identified by police as Johnnie V. Lassiter, 59, per York Dispatch.
A bank from the area contacted the police to explain the mix-up and said the money needed to be sent back or else there would be theft charges involved.
The bank froze Lassiter’s account, he then contacted the bank which is when he was informed of the mix-up.
However, Lassiter claims he was also awaiting money from a settlement from his employer while on disability and assumed the money that appeared was valid, York Dispatch reported.
This caused Lassiter to start to use the money to pay bills for rent and car payments.
Lassiter told the bank he just didn’t question where the funds came from and did not mean to steal from the woman.
But this didn’t change that Lassiter still needed to pay back the money.
Lassiter was informed of the criminal charges involved with the mix-up by police multiple times.
It was made clear that the money needed to be returned but Lassiter allegedly explained to police he would not be able to come up with the funds to give it back.
The local news outlet tried to get a comment from Lassiter over the ordeal but he told them he “shouldn’t comment on the situation.”
Due to not sending the money back, Lassiter was charged with theft of property lost by mistake which is a third-degree felony, York Dispatch reported.
Lassiter went for a preliminary arraignment on December 5 but was released on his own recognizance and his next court date is on January 31 for a preliminary hearing, it added.
Pennslyvania law describes theft of property lost by mistake as: “A person who comes into control of property of another that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake.”
“As to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient is guilty of theft if, with intent to deprive the owner thereof, he fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to a person entitled to have it.”
