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 Thevamanogari Manivel was sentenced to 18 months of community corrections with six months of unpaid community work while her husband will face a plea trial in October. 
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 The Melbourne couple who accidentally received 10.5 million Australian dollars (AUD), or almost $6.6 million, will be facing a plea trial in October for a theft charge after spending the funds that they received by <a rel="dofollow" title="mistake" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mistake.html">mistake</a> in 2021.&nbsp;
 In May 2021, Thevamanogari Manivel transferred funds to her partner Jatinder Singh’s Crypto.com account. However, the exchange detected that the bank account did not match the exchange account. Therefore, a refund was issued, but instead of refunding the 100 AUD that the couple tried to put in, the exchange <a rel="dofollow" title="mistakenly" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mistakenly.html">mistakenly</a> sent 10.5 million AUD to Manivel’s bank account. 
 The <a rel="dofollow" title="mistake" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mistake.html">mistake</a> was not discovered until December 2021, when the exchange conducted its annual audit. After the exchange filed a lawsuit in the Victoria Supreme Court, the judge ruled that the funds should be given back to the crypto trading platform.&nbsp;
 However, the couple had allegedly already gone on a spending spree before the <a rel="dofollow" title="mistake" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mistake.html">mistake</a> was discovered. The couple had reportedly bought four houses, vehicles and many other items and sent around 4 million AUD to a Malaysian bank account. One of the houses is a five-bedroom property in Craigieburn worth 1.35 million AUD, which was ordered by the court to be sold and the funds returned. 
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 1.35 million AUD property bought by the couple. Source: Nine News
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 In October 2022, the couple argued in court that they thought they had won a prize from the crypto exchange. Singh claimed that he had previously received a notification from the company regarding a competition. However, Crypto.com compliance officer Michi Chan Fores denied that such a competition existed. Fores noted that the exchange did not send such notifications to their users.&nbsp;
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 Manivel, who was charged with theft, has recently pleaded guilty to recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime in September 2023. She was sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order which includes six months of intensive compliance and unpaid community work after she already spent 209 days in custody. Meanwhile, Singh is set to face a plea trial on Oct. 23.
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Couple mistakenly sent $10.5M by Crypto.com to face October plea hearing

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