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I think it's very unfair to give someone money and then demand it back. It puts people in awful situations financially. I know people that have been ruined via this when it happened with their taxes (and they weren't doing anything illegial) or unemployment.

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This isn't a small, poor individual; or even a small local business - so I'm not convinced the analogy holds, or at least I'm much less sympathetic.

Going from half a mil to 700 mil has to raise a few red flags. Even if they were forced to give back 80%, they would hardly be left desolate.

But it's also unfair to fraudulently receive money from someone. If you accidentally gain because someone gives you money (say they sent it to the wrong bank account) it isn't fair to keep it.

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