U.S Bank Deposits $37m Into Woman’s Account In Error

A woman from North Texas was credited with $37 million by her bank after a clerical error.

Ruth Balloon, a worker at Roma Boots in Dallas checked her account at Legacy Texas Bank and surprisingly found that she had an extra $37 million in it.

Balloon told KTVT that, “I was like, ‘wow, we have a lot of money’!”

Balloon discussed the incident with her husband who advised her to call her bank to report the deposit.

According to her, she reached out to the bank and was informed that the deposit was due to a clerical error, after which they apologised to her and reversed the life-changing cash.

Balloon wanted to believe that it was a surprise gift, according to her: “I hoped someone really gifted us with that $37 million.”

She further told KTVT how she daydreamed about what she would have spent the money on during her brief moment as a millionaire.

According to Balloon, “First, I was going to do 10% tithing, she told KTVT.

“Then I was going to donate some money and then I would have invested in real estate.”

Following the error, Legacy Texas Bank gave a statement which reads: “On Tuesday, December 10, our client made a foreign currency deposit into her LegacyTexas account. Due to the fluctuation in exchange rates, all foreign currency transactions must be manually entered into our system through our back office. When our client’s deposit was being keyed in, our representative entered her account number into the amount field by mistake,” adding that the error “would have been caught and corrected during our evening processing.”

Balloon said she had no intention to keep the money, but hoped she would receive a ‘thank you’ reward for being a good customer and notifying the bank.

“I was a millionaire, I have a screenshot of it so I can say that now,” said Balloon. “It’s quite a story.” She added.