SENATOR Francis Escudero said depositors of the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) who took advantage of the system’s glitch and withdrew money not legally theirs may face civil liability for “unjust enrichment.”

Under Article 22 of the Civil Code, there is unjust enrichment when: a person is unjustly benefited, and such benefit is derived at the expense of or with damages to another.

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