Google accidentally sent a security engineer named Sam Curry a payment of nearly $250,000 a few weeks ago, the engineer said in a Sept. 13 tweet.
"a little over 3 weeks ago," Yuga Labs security engineer Sam Curry tweeted from his verified account. In his Sept. 13 tweet, Curry included a photo of what appears to be a nearly $250,000 payment from "Google Llc Edi Pymnts."
"I still haven't heard anything on the support ticket. Is there any way we could get in touch @Google?" the engineer wrote at the time. "." FILE PHOTO: Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Curry told FOX Business on Monday that he has since been in contact with Google and returned the funds to the"Our team recently made a payment to the wrong party as a result of human error," a Google spokesperson told FOX Business. "We appreciate that it was quickly communicated to us by the impacted partner." "I thought it was all pretty fun, sad I had to send it back, and can't help but wonder if they'd have noticed if I kept it!" Curry said.
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