An employee of an industrial company in Chile has absconded after the company mistakenly paid him 330 times his salary.
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The man, who is a staff at the Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos company, was paid around £150,000 for one month of work.
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He should only have been paid around £450 for the month of June.
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After he received the money, rather than return the excess to the company, he took the money and ran. He hasn\’t been seen or heard from since then.
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According to local news outlet Diario Financiero, he did actually report the overpayment to his manager, who took it to HR.
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Initially, when they told him to return the money, he agreed to do so.
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He told them that he would go to the bank to start the chargeback the next day.
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But when he got to the bank, he took the money and disappeared.
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His employers tried to get hold of him over the next three days, but what they got in return was a message from a lawyer offering his resignation.
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A complaint has been filed with law officials, charging the man with misappropriation of funds, but no arrests have been made because they can\’t find the man to do so.
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The average take-home pay of people in Chile is around £750 per month
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