OSLO, Norway (AP) — When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just


OSLO, Norway (AP) — When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000.

At least 26 motorists were left baffled and broke when they used their bank debit cards to pay for street parking in municipal spots in the central Norwegian city of Trondheim last week.

Because of a computer glitch, the machine dispensing windshield parking permits multiplied the amount of time they bought by 10,000, and automatically deducted it from their bank accounts, the city-owned parking company said Friday. Motorists who parked were charged between $37,000 and $148,000, parking official Steinar Myhr said on state radio network NRK.