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Bank of Maldives Error Sends $77.3 Billion to Resort Employee

Bank of Maldives (BML) mistakenly deposited over $77.3 billion into the account of a Lily Beach Resort employee as part of a salary payment on Thursday, with several other resort employees reportedly receiving billions each. BML attributed the transactions to human error in a recent payroll processing change, shut down online banking until the errors were corrected, and apologised for the disruption.

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What happened

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  1. Thu 1 Aug
    BML mistakenly deposited over $77.3 billion into a Lily Beach Resort employee's account as part of a salary payment. Thursday only Maldives Republic Bank of Maldives (BML), mistakenly deposited over $77.3 billion into the account of an employee at Lily Beach Resort as part of a salary payment on Thursday, according to sources familiar with the incident.

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  • over $77.3 billion Amount mistakenly deposited to a resort employee's account Maldives Republic Bank of Maldives (BML), mistakenly deposited over $77.3 billion into the account of an employee at Lily Beach Resort as part of a salary payment on Thursday, according to sources familiar with the incident.

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  • over 10 minutes Time recipients had access to the erroneous amounts Maldives Republic People familiar with the matter stated that the recipients had access to the erroneous amounts for over 10 minutes.

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  • BML's online banking services were shut down until the errors could be corrected. Maldives Republic Due to these significant transactions, BML's online banking services were shut down until the errors could be corrected.

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