The employee of Chilean food producer Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos received a paycheck of 165,398,851 Chilean pesos (£146,000) for the month of May, Fox News reports - in excess of 300 times his usual monthly salary of 500,000 Chilean pesos (£442).

The worker immediately made his manager aware of the overpayment and agreed to the human resources department’s request to return the surplus amount.

However, upon visiting his bank the following day, he instead withdrew the money and cut off communications with his employer.

The man stopped coming into work and has since tendered his resignation via a letter sent by his attorney to Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos.

The company has since filed a complaint against their former employee.