A mum who received an accidental payment of £6million into her back account purchased a luxury home complete with a cinema room and gym.
Thevamanogari Manivel expected a £60 refund from a cryptocurrency exchange.
But crypto.com mistakenly entered an account number instead of the cash payback amount.
Ms Manivel, from Melbourne, Australia, couldn't believe her luck and spent a huge amount of money on the house and sent the remainder to other accounts to help loved ones.
Around £800,000 was spent on the modern and bright five-bedroom home as a “gift” to her sister, Thilagavathy Gangadory - with sweeping white walls, luxury bathrooms and multiple ensuite bedrooms.
The plush pad is described as a "distinguished residence in a class of its own" by the estate agent.
The house was sold on February 3 this year - and comes with four bathrooms and double garage - plenty of space for a few luxury cars to match the high-end property.
With a minimalist interior, sweeping white walls and contrasting dark furniture, the property is the perfect modern home.
However, Ms Manivel's luck did change not too long after the money dropped into her account.
Her good fortune changed when a routine audit by the firm spotted the error.
Crypto.com began legal proceedings and she was ordered to pay back all the money with interest.
The firm froze Ms Manivel's accounts, but most of the cash had already gone.
Her sister also had accounts frozen a fortnight later.
Australian news site news.com.au reported James Elliott of the Victorian Supreme Court said: "Extraordinarily, the plaintiffs allegedly did not realise this significant error until some seven months later."
He ordered the cash be paid back after the property was sold with an additional 10% interest and legal fees, reports news.com.au.
Mr Elliott said: “It is established that the Craigieburn property was acquired with funds traceable to the wrongful payment and would never have been in Gangadory’s hands if the wrongful payment had not been made.
“Thus, Gangadory was unjustly enriched by receiving the purchase price of the Craigieburn property out of the wrongful payment.
“Accordingly, I was satisfied that the orders relating to the sale of the Craigieburn property were appropriate.”
More court rulings have been made against others who received cash from the accidental payment.
