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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Stephanie Cruz

TikToker Who Was Sent $8.7M By Mistake Says Reporting It Was 'Biggest Regret' — What Happens If You Spend It

Shawna Flener was at her office desk on 28 June 2024 when $8,786,167.73 (£6.6 million) appeared in her Fidelity Investments brokerage account. Someone she had never met had typed an incorrect account number on a multi-million-dollar wire transfer, and it landed with a 38-year-old book reviewer from TikTok.

'I called Fidelity pretty much immediately. It was just my gut instinct,' she told PEOPLE.

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