PayPal mistakenly makes man a quadrillionaire

Pennsylvania’s Chris Reynolds, who buys and sells car parts online, checked his PayPal account to discover he had become by far the world’s richest man.

Thu, 18 Jul, 2013 - 01:00

Robbie Grey

In fact the balance credited him with more money than the world’s annual gross domestic product.

“I’m just feeling like a million bucks”, Reynolds said when asked about the technical glitch.

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