"...he was stranded with no money to fill his tank..." Yeah, right. Every bum in the world has said "stranded with no money" since Henry Ford. Why would a dumb employee from a bank fall for the fake line? Oh, I guess because the employee was dumb. Duh! "Stranded with no money." Every low-life, drug addicted bum says this.
But this bum had an account at the bank in question, and due to a screw up which that bank was having difficulty remedying couldn't access his money.
You seem to believe that all bums have a thousand dollars in the bank they are trying to get money from.
Or you didn't read the article.