Melbourne woman faces criminal charges as more than $10 million was mistakenly transferred to her bank account from a cryptocurrency trading platform.
In May 2021, Crypto.com intended to refund Thevamaogari Manivel $100, but the 37-year-old was instead erroneously transferred $10,474,143.
For seven months to December 2021, the company didn't realize its mistake.
In February of this year, Crypto.com filed a lawsuit against Manivel in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
The company was allowed to freeze her Commonwealth Bank account, but by then most of the money had been transferred to other accounts.
The court previously heard that about $1.35 million was used to purchase a house in Craigieburn, which was transferred to Manivel’s sister, Thilagavathy Gangadory, who lives in Malaysia.
Manivel has also been charged with dealing with $11,750 cash, suspected to be the proceeds of crime, in Tullamarine on March 17, 2022. The matter will return to court on October 11.