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A resident of Turkey was accidentally transferred a trillion liras to his card

09.06.2026 / 09:07
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A resident of the Turkish province of Van named Ahmad Jahangard Takalo unexpectedly found himself the owner of a fortune that would have made him one of the richest people in the world. However, the sudden wealth quickly turned into a serious problem.

The man said he discovered the strange top-up by accident. While making a purchase in a store, his bank card stopped working. When he contacted the bank, it turned out that 1,000,000,000,000 Turkish liras had been credited to his account.

The unusual transaction immediately drew the attention of the bank and financial services. Because it was impossible to establish the origin of the funds, Ahmad Jahangard Takalo's accounts were frozen. According to the man, the restrictions have been in place for about a month, and he cannot even use his own money.

As Takalo said, bank employees initially believed it was a technical error. To verify the data, the branch management joined the investigation, but the source of the giant transfer has not yet been determined.

If the unexpectedly received amount is converted into U.S. dollars, it would come to about 21.8 billion dollars. With such a fortune, Ahmad Jahangard Takalo could have entered the ranks of the richest people on the planet and taken a place alongside the world's biggest billionaires.

The man himself hopes that the origin of the funds will soon be established and that access to his accounts will be restored. For now, the story of the unexpected trillion liras remains for him not a fairy tale of sudden wealth, but a true financial nightmare.

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