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South Carolina's government discovered one of its bank accounts has $1.8 billion - but they have no idea who put the money there and why.

The state's top accountant, the elected Republican comptroller general, resigned last year when his department began duplicate posting funds in higher education accounts, resulting in an on-paper $3.5 billion miscalculation. 

Senator Larry Grooms, who is spearheading the investigation into this money mystery, said that his investigate panel still does not have information from the state treasure's office as to where the money was supposed to go.

'It's like going into your bank and the bank president tells you we have a lot of money in our vault but we just don't know who it belongs to,' said Grooms, according to AP.

Until the origin of the money is traced, Grooms proposed legislation that would allow him to move the large sum into a 'lockbox' account, where it will accrue interest.

The state's top accountant, the elected Republican comptroller general, resigned last year when his department began duplicate posting funds in higher education accounts, resulting in an on-paper $3.5 billion miscalculation.