Google paid the wrong man about $250,000 without having him do any specific work for the company.
A staff member of the cryptocurrency startup Yuga Labs by the name of Sam Curry characterized the payment as puzzling on his verified Twitter account, @samwyco, on Tuesday.
Sam tweeted, “It’s been a little over 3 weeks since Google randomly sent me $249,999 and I still haven’t heard anything on the support ticket,” wrote Curry.
It's been a little over 3 weeks since Google randomly sent me $249,999 and I still haven't heard anything on the support ticket. Is there any way we could get in touch @Google?
(it's OK if you don't want it back…) pic.twitter.com/t6f7v5erli
— Sam Curry (@samwcyo) September 14, 2022
“Is there any way we could get in touch @Google?”
“It’s OK if you don’t want it back,” he added.
Google stated that it is doing everything possible to recover the funds.
“Our team recently made a payment to the wrong party as the result of human error,” wrote a Google spokesperson in an email to CNN.
“We appreciate that it was quickly communicated to us by the impacted partner, and we are working to correct it.”
