(CNN)For four days, Darren James and his family were multibillionaires.The real estate agent from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his wife were doing a r

A bank accidentally deposited $50 billion into a Louisiana family's account

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(CNN)For four days, Darren James and his family were multibillionaires.The real estate agent from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his wife were doing a routine check on their finances last Saturday when they noticed $50 billion had been mistakenly deposited into their Chase Bank account."That's not like a one zero error or a two zero error, that's somebody that fell asleep on the keyboard error," James joked. "I was excited for sure. Really surprised how it got there and wondered if I had a rich uncle that gave it to me."But to his disappointment, it wasn't an inheritance -- just an incredibly unusual error.Chase Bank restored the family's account to its correct balance on Tuesday, James said.Read More"We're still trying to figure out what hap

The real estate agent from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his wife were doing a routine check on their finances last Saturday when they noticed $50 billion had been mistakenly deposited into their Chase Bank account.

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