WINFIELD, W.Va. -- City National Bank has filed a lawsuit against a Scott Depot woman to collect $50,000 that bank officials mistakenly put in her account more than a year ago.

City National put $50,000 in Teresa Sperandio's savings account in June 2008, and did not realize their mistake until March 2009, according to the lawsuit filed in Putnam County Circuit Court on Nov. 5.

Over a 10-month period, Sperandio spent about $33,384 of the $50,000 put in her account, according to the suit.

In March, City National debited her account for the remaining $11,146 in addition to a $2,188 tax refund, the suit states.

The bank asks in its suit for the remaining $31,194, in addition to interest and attorney's fees.

According to the lawsuit, Sperandio did not start to spend the money in her savings account until November 2008, nearly six months after the bank put it in her account. 

On Nov. 10, 2008, she transferred $5,000 from her savings to her checking account.

Two weeks later, she withdrew $20,000 from the saving account and wrote a cashier's check for that amount to Eagle Research Corp., an electronics company based out of Hurricane, where she worked as the bookkeeper.

An employee at Eagle Research said the check was payment for money Sperandio owed the company, and that she left the company in July.

From December 2008 to February 2009, she made three more withdrawals of $4,000, $3,000 and $16,000, until City National realized their mistake in March.

WINFIELD, W.Va. -- City National Bank has filed a lawsuit against a Scott Depot woman to collect $50,000 that bank officials mistakenly put in her account more than a year ago.

City National put $50,000 in Teresa Sperandio's savings account in June 2008, and did not realize their mistake until March 2009, according to the lawsuit filed in Putnam County Circuit Court on Nov. 5.

Over a 10-month period, Sperandio spent about $33,384 of the $50,000 put in her account, according to the suit.

In March, City National debited her account for the remaining $11,146 in addition to a $2,188 tax refund, the suit states.

The bank asks in its suit for the remaining $31,194, in addition to interest and attorney's fees.

According to the lawsuit, Sperandio did not start to spend the money in her savings account until November 2008, nearly six months after the bank put it in her account. 

On Nov. 10, 2008, she transferred $5,000 from her savings to her checking account.

Two weeks later, she withdrew $20,000 from the saving account and wrote a cashier's check for that amount to Eagle Research Corp., an electronics company based out of Hurricane, where she worked as the bookkeeper.

An employee at Eagle Research said the check was payment for money Sperandio owed the company, and that she left the company in July.

From December 2008 to February 2009, she made three more withdrawals of $4,000, $3,000 and $16,000, until City National realized their mistake in March.