Two Tommy Fleetwoods!

[Carl3]

Tommy Fleetwood who is in his 50's and played in some Challenge Tour events on the European Tour had $154,000 accidentally deposited in his bank account. A screenshot of his phone shows the entry as well as one for a $75 caddie fee. He works at the Streamsong Resort in Florida.The money was actually earned by England's Tommy Fleetwood for coming in 12th at the Open, who did not know anything about it as his wife manages the money.

 

[boogielicious]

26 minutes ago, Carl3 said:

Tommy Fleetwood who is in his 50's and played in some Challenge Tour events on the European Tour had $154,000 accidentally deposited in his bank account. A screenshot of his phone shows the entry as well as one for a $75 caddie fee. He works at the Streamsong Resort in Florida.The money was actually earned by England's Tommy Fleetwood for coming in 12th at the Open, who did not know anything about it as his wife manages the money.

 

LOL! Does he have to give it back?

[Moxley]

57 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

LOL! Does he have to give it back?

Of course he will, and it's hardly enough money to do a runner to Mexico with. 

[AdamC28]

Wonder when they would have realized if he hadn't of owned up.

Someone in the pay office will be checking a little closer next time!

[DeadMan]

I didn't believe this story at all at first. It takes a little more than a name mix-up to deposit money into the wrong account. The other Fleetwood playing on the challenge tour made it click. That must have been quite the shock when he opened up his bank account and saw the balance!

[Patch]

Same thing happened to me. I deposited a large sum of money into my personal account. This at the same bank my Dad banked at. 

We we're moving at the time, and I wrote several checks for furnishings for the new place. 

A few days later I started getting nasty letters from the bank for being severely over drawn. Right after that the furniture company showed up wanting their furniture back. It was a mess.

Went to the bank with my deposit slip, who still maintained it was my mistake. 

After few choice words aimed at the branch manager, the mistake was found. They had deposited the money into my Father's account. 

It took a couple weeks more to get all the credit problems squared away. 

[GolfLug]

5 hours ago, DeadMan said:

I didn't believe this story at all at first. It takes a little more than a name mix-up to deposit money into the wrong account. The other Fleetwood playing on the challenge tour made it click. That must have been quite the shock when he opened up his bank account and saw the balance!

I think it is amazing how international wire transfers can still be done 'manually'.