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Turkish financial authorities have launched an investigation after an enormous sum of unknown origin was deposited into a single man's bank account.
An Azerbaijani national identified only as A discovered the deposit when his card stopped working while shopping and he checked his account balance, according to Turkish broadcaster NTV and other local media on Wednesday local time.
The amount credited to his account came to 999,999,999,999.99 Turkish lira — roughly 33.5 trillion won (about $21.9 billion).
"After I checked my account, I couldn't believe my eyes," A said in an interview. "I went straight to the bank and explained the situation. The employee who checked the account called their supervisor, and ultimately the branch manager came out in person to verify the facts."
He added that while the funds did appear in his account, financial crime investigators had already blocked all transactions. Bank employees, he said, were equally stunned.
The incident went viral on social media. Some observers have questioned how such a large transfer could have passed through the banking system without being flagged immediately.
The bank froze the account after detecting the transaction, and Turkish financial authorities have opened an investigation into the source of the funds.
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