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Criminal defense attorney Meg Strickler on a Wells Fargo customer that faces jail time for spending $67,000 the bank put in his account by accident.
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Well he had a good time now he could do time.
This Wells Fargo customer want to sleep with 35 bucks in his account of what he woke up.
Nearly 70000.
Dollars so you know what he did he went and -- spending spree wanted to dog a car.
But -- reported at a more.
Now while he's facing felony charges and possibly a fourteen year jail sentence but did -- break the law.
Let's -- defense attorney next regular.
-- I haven't I'm not sure there's very many people out there who would have done the same thing maybe not to the extent that he did it he had a great time but.
What -- the break.
He broke the law because there was money put his account by accident and he need to have returned his call Best -- receiving you receive stolen property converted first though news.
So technically broke the law but I -- -- does -- -- out there -- like.
Get people off the banks of PP does clock -- in the past few years all things they've done us all these failed banks.
I don't think a jury would convict him I would hope that somehow this case -- get resolved long for a -- that.
You know I gotta -- again as I've been ebitda remember wrong with years ago liberal -- got like a four million dollar check from the IRS they don't put -- -- -- but I tell you what his next fight.
-- over the first one then after the -- was over its first they came -- a -- promoter came and isn't there some way.
They don't let this guy I work this off because of you put -- in -- no one's ever -- did you see this money again.
No -- -- honestly I would hope that.
This case even though he had to turn himself in the Ben Salem PA police today.
They will ultimately find a way to lessen the charges and he's not -- -- -- I would hope.
But yes I mean he would probably get conviction just felony probation get a few years' probation this isn't the crime of the century he didn't do anything wrong -- then.
Got a great amount of audience and and vs what -- should Madonna's gonna Vegas may be has spent some of that -- Place a bet and it all maybe the things he would gain from that he wouldn't have had to give that back and let me know recitations.
If you don't play the game of poker one another -- grand need to be kept that seventy.
-- believe no one yeah yeah yeah.
-- -- we have to give back what the bank gave him the 69000 dollars there.
How often do these kind of things happen because you know that's it.
I -- sit at the top of the show atop his piece here a lot of people watching this would have that the same thing.
This -- happened a few times that you Google this actually that was got a got eight million dollars it happens often with 151015100.
When the XT zero.
Is put in by accident or -- -- hello my opinion says sixty dollars you're cashing a check to -- 600 this happens very very often.
But what is instinct here is most people say a bank tell you made a mistake right yeah I'll put some money in my county -- -- What's funny here is that our I think what -- products here -- he spent it.
Megabit it was me I would use -- Tooth -- I would say that to -- very left the bank while we appreciate it.
