I once, accidentally, randomly, received something around like $1,500 or 1,100 in my bank account once. I knew it was a mistake, but I kept quiet....hoping I would get away with it. It disappeared from my account around two weeks later.
For 10+million most people would think about it. A select few would take action. A third fewer group would come up with plan and execute it properly.
%% Looks that way @ first glance; but unjust enrichment may not work @ all for any kind of investment
That's basically theft. When the bank or another institution accidentally moves your money into the wrong account, we don't expect them to say "Ooops, sorry. The owner of the other account doesn't want to let us to fix the mistake and return your money back." I am going to assume the news is bullshit exaggerated from nothing, or the persons who bought the Mansion were smoking the same CRACK as Kenneth Lay did while riding Enron into bankruptcy.
. This was my first thought: they could have collected interest payments on 10 million dollars for seven months after putting the funds in the highest interest bearing accounts they could access. Then return only the original amount and keep the interest. Not sure if there would be practical or legal hurdles though...
If a bank sends you money by mistake, you can keep it if you have money to defend yourself in court It's not your fault. It's the stupid bank's fault https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/business/citibank-revlon-lawsuit-ruling/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/investing/citibank-sues-brigade-capital/index.html
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem. J. Paul Getty