公司错发330倍工资，员工收到后辞职失联，法院判决：无需退款，不受刑罚

Core Viewpoint - A Chilean employee received an erroneous payment of 165 million Chilean pesos (approximately 1.236 million RMB), which was 330 times his monthly salary, leading to his resignation and disappearance. The court ruled that the company bore partial responsibility for not taking timely action to prevent the transfer, thus the employee was entitled to keep the money and faced no criminal charges [2][3]. Group 1 - The incident occurred on May 30, 2022, when a payment system error at CIAL, a large meat processing company in Chile, resulted in an employee receiving an incorrect payment [2]. - The employee initially reported the error and promised to return the excess funds, but after three days, he resigned and disappeared, emptying his bank account [2]. - CIAL reported the incident to the police, accusing the employee of "misappropriation of funds" or "theft," seeking legal recourse to recover the funds [2]. Group 2 - In September 2023, the Santiago court ruled that the employee had the right to retain the funds due to the company's failure to act promptly, such as freezing the account to prevent the transfer [3]. - The court classified the incident as "unauthorized receipt" rather than theft, indicating it should be resolved through civil litigation, resulting in a loss for the employer [3]. - CIAL expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and announced plans to seek annulment of the judgment, intending to use all legal means to recover the mistakenly issued funds [4]. Group 3 - Similar incidents have occurred in other countries, such as a case in Germany where a teacher received annual payments of £48,000 (approximately 459,000 RMB) for 16 years without working, totaling around 7.344 million RMB, which was only discovered in 2024 [5].