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A former sheriff’s dispatcher in a suburb of New Orleans has been arrested and is accused of returning more than $ 1.2 million that was accidentally dumped into her brokerage account, authorities said.
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Kelyn Spadoni, 33, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of theft worth more than $ 25,000, bank fraud and illegal transfer of funds, reports nola.com and WVUE-TV. Reports say she was released by Jefferson Parish Sheriff after her arrest.
Spadoni is being held at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on a $ 50,000 bond. It was unknown if she had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.
Spadoni is accused of immediately moving the funds to another account and using some of the money to buy a new car and a home, authorities said.
A man with a face mask walks past a Charles Schwab sales office near Grand Central Terminal. (Photo by John Lamparski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
According to authorities, a clerical error led Charles Schwab, a major financial services company, to deposit more than $ 1.2 million in her brokerage account when it only meant about $ 82 in February, nola.com reports. When the bank tried to claim the money back, the request was rejected according to the sheriff’s office because it was not available.
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According to the sheriff’s office, it was later learned that Spadoni had moved the funds to another account.
Capt. Jason Rivarde, a sheriff’s spokesman, said the money was not in her account, but that it was not her money. “
“She has no legal claim to the money,” he added. ‘Even if it was accidentally put in there. It was an accounting error. ‘
| Ticker | Safety | Last | Alter | Alter% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHW | CHARLES SCHWAB | 67.75 | +0.21 | + 0.31% |
Charles Schwab & Co sued Spadoni in federal court on Tuesday. The company tried several times to contact Spadoni to recover the money transferred, but was unsuccessful, Rivarde said. So far, about 75% of the money has been recovered, he added.
The company argued in its lawsuit that Spadoni’s account contract with Schwab contained an agreement that if the customer received an overpayment of funds, the customer should return the full amount.
“If someone accidentally puts an extra zero on a utility payment, they want the money returned or credited to them. It’s no different,” Rivarde said.
He said Spadoni had been with Sheriff 911 for 4 and 1/2 years.