25-09-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com

Redundancy payout nightmare after bank transfer error sends stranger money

Moving funds about is getting ever easier thanks to technology, but so are the chances of sending them to the wrong placeLife as Sam Woods knew it changed in July when his employer went into administration. The 31-year-old was one of 50 workers who lost their jobs when their company called in the receivers. But while his colleagues soon received statutory redundancy pay, Woods, who had worked for the firm for 10 years, waited in vain. Five weeks later he discovered his bank account number had be
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