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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

A crypto firm sent a disability worker $10m by mistake. Months later she was arrested at an Australian airport

Crypto currencies logos are displayed on a smartphone with programing code on the background.
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com sent more than $10m to Thevamanogari Manivel in error while processing a refund that should have been for $100. Photograph: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Thevamanogari Manivel had a one-way ticket to Malaysia and close to $11,000 in cash when police arrested her attempting to board a plane at Melbourne airport in March 2022.

Almost a year earlier, Crypto.com accidentally transferred more than $10m into the 41-year-old disability support worker’s Commonwealth Bank account. The cryptocurrency exchange had not picked up the error at the time – and only noticed seven months later during an audit.

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