Hi,
In the company I am working in, I helped setup a new payment channel. During the development phase, I setup a PayPal account using my email address and shared it with the team. After the project, the payment channel had been running smoothly for over a year and the payments go into the company PayPal account.
However, in a promotional event, somehow the rebate of $50K is sent to a PayPal account that we used during development in June. I am unsure how this happened. I have no knowledge of this at all. From PayPal, the money has been withdrawn to my bank account linked to the PayPal account. I did not trigger the withdrawal and I was unaware of it happening. It came to my attention only recently after the company looked into and looking through my bank account, I have been using money from the same bank account since August for the last few months.
Can I be charged with fraud if they pursue the matter? I tried to explain to them that I had no idea. Only this promotional event seemed to trigger the payment to that account and they were adamantly hinting that I took it intentionally and want to hand it to the police. I have no evidence to prove otherwise. I am freaking out.
Please help. What options do I have and is it serious?
I am prepared to give it back because I didn't know and do not need the money to begin with.
In the company I am working in, I helped setup a new payment channel. During the development phase, I setup a PayPal account using my email address and shared it with the team. After the project, the payment channel had been running smoothly for over a year and the payments go into the company PayPal account.
However, in a promotional event, somehow the rebate of $50K is sent to a PayPal account that we used during development in June. I am unsure how this happened. I have no knowledge of this at all. From PayPal, the money has been withdrawn to my bank account linked to the PayPal account. I did not trigger the withdrawal and I was unaware of it happening. It came to my attention only recently after the company looked into and looking through my bank account, I have been using money from the same bank account since August for the last few months.
Can I be charged with fraud if they pursue the matter? I tried to explain to them that I had no idea. Only this promotional event seemed to trigger the payment to that account and they were adamantly hinting that I took it intentionally and want to hand it to the police. I have no evidence to prove otherwise. I am freaking out.
Please help. What options do I have and is it serious?
I am prepared to give it back because I didn't know and do not need the money to begin with.