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Computer glitch nets ATM user $1 million

In Australia, a bank's computer snafu let a 38-year-old man drain more than 1.8 million Australian dollars ($1 million U.
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In Australia, a bank's computer snafu let a 38-year-old man drain more than 1.8 million Australian dollars ($1 million U.S.) from ATM machines over an eight-month period, The Age reported Wednesday. The ANZ Bank's computer system never debited Angelo Maurice Patti's account for ATM widthdrawals. Patti is now on trial facing theft charges. -- Joel Deane, ZDNet News

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