--- title: "Crypto.com Accidentally Sends Woman $7 Million, Sues Her to Get It Back" description: "After sending a Melbourne woman roughly over $7 million USD by mistake, cringe crypto exchange Crypto.com has won a lawsuit against the user." date: "2022-08-31" modified: "2022-08-31" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/crypto-com-accidentally-sends-7-million-sues" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Cryptocurrency" - "Future Society" tags: - "blockchain" - "crypto" - "crypto.com" - "the digest" --- # Crypto.com Accidentally Sends Woman $7 Million, Sues Her to Get It Back ![After sending a Melbourne woman roughly over $7 million USD by mistake, cringe crypto exchange Crypto.com has won a lawsuit against the user.]() *\Image: Crypto.com\* ## Smooth Moves After sending a Melbourne woman the equivalent of around $7 million USD by mistake, the [historically cringe]() crypto exchange Crypto.com has won a lawsuit against the accidental millionaire to get some of those funds back. But retrieving the cash won't be that simple — especially since it took the brain geniuses at the company *months* to even realize that they'd sent her all that money. "Extraordinarily, the plaintiffs allegedly did not realize this significant error until some seven months later, in late December 2021." found judge James Dudley Elliott, who sits on the Victoria's Supreme Court, [according to the Australian *Herald Sun*](), which broke the story of the suit. ## Misplaced The colossal error was made back in May of last year, long before the cryptosphere crashed — and months before the exchange, flying high on hype and seemingly free money, [purchased the Staples Center for $700 million]() back in November 2021. The woman in question, meanwhile, had simply made a refund request for about $68 USD from the exchange, only to discover shortly thereafter that the platform had deposited the many millions into her account. By the time that Crypto.com discovered its mistake, the very lucky user had already bought a luxury home for her sister, given more to her daughter, and moved much of the rest into a joint account. Still, [in February](), Crypto.com filed its suit, and according to the *Herald Sun*, the sisters were ordered to sell the mansion and give that money back to the exchange — plus tens of thousands of dollars in interest — after failing to appear in court. The trial is set to resume in October. Sure, the woman who received the mistaken transactions almost certainly knew that it was an error on Crypto.com's part. But similar mistakes — sending assets to the [wrong blockchain wallet](), for example — have been plagued by many a crypto user, who, due to the so-called "decentralized," unregulated crypto platforms, have rarely, if ever, gotten that money back. The fact that Crypto.com sued this woman because *they* made the same mistake — and, perhaps, because they might currently be trying to [scrounge together any money they can]() — feels extraordinarily hypocritical. **More on Crypto.com:** *[Wildly Overconfident Crypto.Com Bros Admit That Hackers Stole $30 Million of Its Money]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()