A Florida woman found $8.5 million in her bank account after withdrawing her stimulus check.
Diana Lagulli, a retired resident of central Florida, discovered precisely $8.5 million was deposited into her bank account as she went to withdraw part of her stimulus check at a Wawa station ATM, according to local media.
“I laughed and told our son, ‘Look, your parents are millionaires,’” Lagulli told a Fox affiliate station.
Lagulli, whose husband was recently furloughed from a local restaurant, reported the error to her bank. Within 12 hours, an alert from her mobile phone notified her that the correct balance was reflected in her account.
“That fairy tale went out the window,” she said.
However, the incident inspired Lagulli to pay for the supplies of a nurse she encountered at Walmart. “It made me happy to do that even though I don’t have $8 million dollars. But you should have saw her face,” she said.
Earlier this week, a man from Indiana similarly found over $8 million deposited into his account after attempting to withdraw a $1,700 stimulus check.
At the end of March, Congress approved and President Trump signed a $2.2 trillion spending bill, the third relief package designed to alleviate economic concerns of small businesses, large corporations, and individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. It allocates $500 billion in loans to large companies, $350 billion in forgivable loans, and provides direct cash payments to many U.S. citizens, among other items.
