Via The Denver Post

MANCHESTER, N.H.—A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.

Josh Muszynski (Moo-SIN’-ski) checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number—a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).

Muszynski says he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers and the $15 overdraft fee.

The bank corrected the error the next day.

Bank of America tells WMUR-TV only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

That is hands down the largest number I have seen in dollars. I might not have taken any action, and simply made them come after me for the money. So not only is Bank of America charging imaginary sums of money to customers, but they also have been fighting off paying billions in fees they owe in guarantees against losses for Merrill Lynch. Their genius defense against the fees: They didn’t sign the agreement and didn’t use the funds. I think they need to remember who they work for now.

JB[TLL]