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After Receiving By Systems Error An Amount Intended For Dozens Of Colleagues, The Worker Decided To Use The Entire Unexpected Value. Now, He Faces A Lawsuit While Insisting He Has A Right To The Money That Fell Into His Account
A factory worker in Russia is facing a lawsuit from his own company after refusing to return over 7 million rubles that he received in error.
The amount is equivalent to about $87,000 and was deposited into his account due to a software glitch.
The case began earlier this year when Vladimir Rychagov received a notification from his banking app and found the figures on the screen hard to believe.
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In addition to the 46,954 rubles he expected as vacation pay, he also found an unexpected deposit of 7,112,254 rubles. Rumors were circulating among employees about a possible generous 13th salary, but nothing close to that amount.
The surprise didn’t last long, as the accounting department began calling him demanding the immediate return of the money. Rychagov decided to research the issue online before making any decisions.
Employee Claims He Believed He Had A Right To The Amount
According to the worker himself, the information he found led him to believe that the money was rightfully his. He told Channel 5 that he discovered a difference between technical error and billing error, and that, according to his interpretation, his case fell into the former.
Therefore, he decided that he would not return the money. Documents presented by the company assert that the 7 million rubles belonged to 34 employees from a different branch, but that the software failed and sent everything to Rychagov’s account.
The company insisted that he had an obligation to return the amount. In his defense, the worker stated that the deposit was made in the name of the company and described as salary, which to him meant that he had the right to the money.
He also claims that the demands for repayment turned into threats. From that moment, he made a radical decision: he used part of the amount to buy a new car and moved to another city with his family.
On his way to the new home, he discovered that the company had filed a lawsuit against him and that his bank accounts were frozen.
Company Takes Case To Court And Accuses Man Of Fraud
During the proceedings, the company alleged that the worker acted in collusion with an accountant to commit economic fraud. Rychagov recalls that the accusations were quickly dismissed due to lack of evidence. Even so, the legal battle continued.
Both the trial court and the appellate court ruled in favor of the factory. The judges concluded that there were no overdue payments to be settled and that the deposit of 7 million rubles could not be considered salary in any way.
As a result, they ordered Rychagov to return the entire amount received by mistake.
The worker did not accept the defeat and filed for a cassation appeal, but the court upheld the original ruling. Even so, the dispute did not end.
He decided to appeal to the Supreme Court of Russia, which agreed to review the case. Rychagov maintains that he believes he has the right to the transferred amounts.
“My bank account received a deposit of 45,000 rubles for January vacation. And a deposit of 7,112,000 for December salary,” he stated.
He also said that he had already received his December salary and that rumors about a potential 13th salary suggested that the factory was in a good financial position.
Company Says It Will Use All Legal Means
The Russian press attempted to hear the factory’s position, but the interim CEO, Roman Tudachkov, made few statements.
He only stated that the company would follow all available legal procedures. Tudachkov stressed that there was no 13th salary being prepared and that the large deposit was solely due to a transfer error.
He also mentioned that the company has a court order and will follow legal department guidelines to resolve the case.
“We won’t comment,” he said. “There was no 13th salary involved; it was an erroneous transfer. We have a court order; we operate within the law through our legal department. His interpretation is strange, but I repeat, we will handle this through the judicial system.”
Case Reminds Of Episode Occurred In Chile
The episode drew attention because it resembles the case of a Chilean who received 286 times his salary and disappeared instead of returning the money.
Although the situations have attracted attention for their oddity, the Russian company insists that it will handle the case exclusively through the courts, while Rychagov continues his efforts to reverse the judicial decisions and keep the millionaire amount he received.
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