TIL in 2008 Dmitry Agarkov changed a credit card agreement to his benefit – and the bank signed it. When in 2010 the bank wanted him to pay late fees, he sued it, as according to the changed deal, it owed him money – 24m rubles (ca. $727k). It all ended with an out-of-court settlement.

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JDizzle2096: In Soviet Russia, man sues bank

gsbiz: Now I’m going off memory of the case but I believe that after the case was settled the bank sued him for fraud and won.

frogandbanjo: Greatest fear of every large corporation: that the consumers will behave like they do, and get away with it like they do.

Caustic-Echo: LOL i did the same thing to get out of the HOA in the house i bought. Their still salty

mafia_is_mafia: I don think the contract would hold up since there is not genuine assent. They’d just settle to avoid litigation fees.

GreenGoddess33: Settled out of court so it wouldn’t set a legal precedent.

ChopinPianist: How can one rack up 727K in fees?

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