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Man Accidentally Paid 300 Times Salary Quits Job, Wins Court Battle to Keep the Money

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A man in Chile who accidentally received 300 times his monthly salary has won a court battle to keep the money, three years after the shocking payroll error made global headlines. The worker, an office assistant at food company Dan Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos de Chile, usually earned around £386 a month. But in May 2022, his employer mistakenly transferred £127,000 to his account. According to reports, the company contacted the employee im…

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The company announced that it will attempt to recover the money through all legal means.

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The man who received a huge payment applied for dismissal three days later.

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In Chile, there was a case-by-case case involving an error in the transfer of wages; a member of a company received a monthly income of $460 on a regular basis; in May 2022, an error occurred in the accounting department, which resulted in the deposit of $170,000 into the employee's bank account, an amount equivalent to his earnings for more than 30 years.

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NEWS9 LIVE broke the news in on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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