What would you do if you discovered thousands of dollars mysteriously deposited in your bank account? Would you keep the money or return it to its rightful owner? That was the question facing roughly 7,000 students at the University of California at Los Angeles last Friday after the school’s financial services office accidentally deposited double the correct amount of financial aid into the students’ bank accounts, according to CBS2 Los Angeles. The university said it notified students and warned them that the excess deposits will be reversed, according to CBS2 Los Angeles. Many students voluntarily returned the funds. “In all fairness, I think it should be given back because as it is, we’re in like such a financial crisis with the whole UC system so this would only make it worse,” said student Amer Chaterjee in an interview with CBS2 Los Angeles…
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