A Georgia teen who splurged on a BMW using $ 31,000 mistakenly deposited into his account has been sentenced to ten years on probation and has to pay the money back . The money was intended to be placed into the account of a Vietnam veteran , Steven Fields , 70 , who had just sold land - but the 18-year-old , with the same name as the victim , had the money given to him through a bank error . Surprisingly for the men who met each other for the first time in court , both Mr Fields and the spend thrift reside in the same town of Hull , lived within half a mile of each other for a period of time and bank at First Citizens Bank , according to CBS 46 . A Georgia teen ( 18-year-old Steven Fields above ) who splurged on a BMW using $ 31,000 mistakenly deposited into his account has been sentenced to ten years on probation and has to pay the money back . The money was intended to be placed into the account of a Vietnam veteran , Steven Fields , 70 , ( elder Fields pictured above ) who had just sold land - but the 18-year-old , with the same name as the victim , had the money given to him through a bank error . In addition to the flashy purchase of the BMW , his ten-day spending spree also included purchases on clothes and food at various stores and a fast-food restaurant , according to KHQ . Following his sentencing , he has reportedly been arrested for illegal drug possession . In the March 2014 bank error , the teenager was charged with felony theft after spending the money . When he first received the funds , he first withdrew $ 20,000 in cash before spending another $ 5,000 . On March 18 , when he returned to the bank take out more cash , he was asked to return the money mistakenly placed into his account , according to Athens Banner-Herald . While Mr Fields and the recipient of the money had a lot in common , they never knew of each other . In addition to the flashy purchase of the BMW , his ten-day spending spree also included purchases on clothes and food at various stores and a fast-food restaurant . Following his sentencing , he has reportedly since been arrested for illegal drug possession . Surprisingly for the men who met each other for the first time in court , both Mr Fields and the spend thrift reside in the same town of Hull , lived within half a mile of each other for a period of time and bank at First Citizens Bank ( above ) Following the incident , the rightful owner of the money has reportedly had it returned to him by the bank . However , he said more than anything , he is upset the teller , who has not been named and made the transaction , has been forced to retire following her error . He said : 'That 's the only thing that upset me was that my friend lost her job . ' Last March , a woman , Stacey Sorrow , who raised the younger Fields said the teller should have corrected her mistake if she was aware there were people with the same name . She said of the moment the teen received the money : 'He was excited . I would have been too . ' The teen and his father have both apologized to the veteran , who said he does not know if younger Fields is sincere , or just sorry that he got caught .
Steven Fields , 18 , had $ 31,000 deposited into his account by bank teller in an error at First Citizens Bank in Georgia last March . The money was withdrawn from the account on April 1 and has not been returned to him as of this writing.