Current Events > He received a reward of $100 for turning it in.

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https://abc7.com/society/teen-finds-purse-with-$10000-inside-turns-it-in/4253580/
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If I ever become a parent, I have to raise them better than this . . .
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I've returned lost money before, but man 10 grand would really test me.
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Youve found $10,000 and are unable to immediately find the owner. Would you like $100 and a pat on the head instead, prole?
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Im only returning it if there is ID inside and I can do it myself.
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Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.
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To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's a felony to use that much stolen money. Grand theft and all that.
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He did the right thing, AND got rewarded. Good on him
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Duncanwii posted...

To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's a felony to use that much stolen money. Grand theft and all that.

It is, you're right.
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Kineth posted...

Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.

I mean, we have no idea why she had 10000 in cash. Maybe she was a small business owner about to make a deposit and 100 is the most she could afford to reward him with >_>

But crazy good on the kid.
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AlisLandale posted...

Kineth posted...

Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.

I mean, we have no idea why she had 10000 in cash. Maybe she was a small business owner about to make a deposit and 100 is the most she could afford to reward him with >_>

But crazy good on the kid.

Right she could have just been absentminded but maybe that money was going to be used to pay for their bank that's going through hard times. You dont want the bank to fail do you? The owner might kill himself over it.
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Kineth posted...

Duncanwii posted...

To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's a felony to use that much stolen money. Grand theft and all that.

It is, you're right.

Does the court view found lost money as stolen? And is there any way they could actually catch you if you just never spent it? Like say you spend $300 and then sit on it for months. Spend $60 on something and then go back to sitting on it. It'd be one thing if you just went out and bought a car or something.
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Good for him, some of the responses in this topic are concerning.
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Nobody is entitled to a reward for a good deed, so I think this was generous enough. Ive found purses in store parking lots and brought them to customer service. The difference is that I didnt look through it first, so there could have been tons of money and I never got a news article or a reward.
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This kid sounds likes a newb. Everyone knows you dont just take whatever an NPC feels like throwing your way, but that you gotta at least roll your persuasion skills to squeeze them for as much as you can
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my town
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GameGodOfAll posted...

Kineth posted...

Duncanwii posted...

To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's a felony to use that much stolen money. Grand theft and all that.

It is, you're right.

Does the court view found lost money as stolen? And is there any way they could actually catch you if you just never spent it? Like say you spend $300 and then sit on it for months. Spend $60 on something and then go back to sitting on it. It'd be one thing if you just went out and bought a car or something.

If there's physical evidence showing that you took the money from the wallet, then yes you're liable. If they only suspect you and you went about it like how you're suggesting then you're probably less liable, but if they can get your fingerprints on the purse and wallet, then you're still fucked.
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Highwind07 posted...

Keeping that much money is more trouble than it is worth.

No not really. In real life Javier Bardem doesn't chase you down and kill you every time you find money. Unless you're a moron it would be extremely easy to get away with spending that 10k
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spudger posted...

my town

that created all the bass sound

enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
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I would've taken the money and stuffed the purse down a sewer drain so fingerprints weren't an issue.

My wallet stays in my pocket even when I'm asleep. The only time it ISN'T on me is when I'm in the shower and even then it's less than 6 feet away. KEEP UP WITH YOUR SHIT!

Kineth posted...

Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.

Could have been 0. Good deeds are suppose to it's own reward after all.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

spudger posted...

my town

that created all the bass sound

enough to shake and kick holes in the ground

wurd

the school he goes to is a rich kids school so 10k to them is probably nothing.

just fyi for everyone
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Highwind07 posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Highwind07 posted...

Keeping that much money is more trouble than it is worth.

No not really. In real life Javier Bardem doesn't chase you down and kill you every time you find money. Unless you're a moron it would be extremely easy to get away with spending that 10k

I just think that you wont be able to do too much at once with it anyway. If you go up to some retail stores buying something that is worth hundreds to thousands they might be suspicious. If you try to turn it in the form of a money order or cashier's check then they might be suspicious. In fact there's something about some locations requiring that they have a form to sign to give to the IRS for anything at $10,000, or if you try to do money orders in the form of $3000s then they have you sign papers.

That's why you wouldn't deposit all 10K at once. Spread it out over a year or two.
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Who the hell carries $10,000 in their wallet?!
If I ever found a wallet with that much, I'm not entirely sure I'd return it. Probably take some/all of it and dump the wallet in a mailbox or something, so it gets returned to them without me being linked to it.
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stone posted...

Who the hell carries $10,000 in their wallet?!
If I ever found a wallet with that much, I'm not entirely sure I'd return it. Probably take some/all of it and dump the wallet in a mailbox or something, so it gets returned to them without me being linked to it.

there are no banks near where the money was found, its mainly a nice residential area near the foothills
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I would've said I found 8. 9 at the most and been like "tough shit" when they ask where the extra money disappeared to.
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I wouldn't have returned it.

If she was dumb enough to leave $10k on the roof of her car she didnt deserve it.

Hell, when I use to get paper checks from my old job, I treated that like it was gold and never left my site, and those were less than $1k.
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HiddenLurker posted...

Kineth posted...

Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.

Could have been 0. Good deeds are suppose to it's own reward after all.

Ok, worthless platitudes aside...
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Kineth posted...

HiddenLurker posted...

Kineth posted...

Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.

Could have been 0. Good deeds are suppose to it's own reward after all.

Ok, worthless platitudes aside...

Feeling good about yourself is far from worthless. You can spend the 10K once. You can stroke yourself over having given it back for the rest of your life.

SaithSayer posted...

Kineth posted...

HiddenLurker posted...

Kineth posted...

Man....

Kid should have easily been given $1000. That's bullshit.

Could have been 0. Good deeds are suppose to it's own reward after all.

Ok, worthless platitudes aside...

Feeling good about yourself is far from worthless. You can spend the 10K once. You can stroke yourself over having given it back for the rest of your life.

I can stroke myself for the rest of my life without having ever returned lost money to anyone, though.
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SaithSayer posted...

Feeling good about yourself is far from worthless. You can spend the 10K once. You can stroke yourself over having given it back for the rest of your life.

Ok, worthless platitudes aside...
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Monetarily worthless but there's more to life than money. Some people like the idea of being able to walk around saying "I turned in 10 grand to the rightful owner with no qualm. Could you do that? How about YOU? Could YOU?!" and then go around feeling like nobody in the world is above them.

They don't realize that it's stupid if you did it for the bragging rights, but still..

I would've kept it. Should've held on to your funds!
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ffmasterjose posted...

I would've kept it. Should've held on to your funds!

I've lost money. I grabbed my wallet because I trusted it around a group of "friends" (many were but at least one must not have been) and found that I was $80 short on being able to buy my new gaming system.

I learned to keep my wallet close and not leave it laying on the table. It was a lesson worth a lot more than $80.

people get suspicious when people shop with cash? just keep it locked away at home and spend like you normally would. or take some extra and go buy a TV or Console. there is nothing suspicious about any of that and its not like the money has an expiration date...
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VipaGTS posted...

people get suspicious when people shop with cash? just keep it locked away at home and spend like you normally would. or take some extra and go buy a TV or Console. there is nothing suspicious about any of that and its not like the money has an expiration date...

If you break out a bunch of hundreds and are dressed like a guy who DOESN'T have great job AND it isn't around tax time.....

Yeah people begin to wonder if you're a drug dealer or a thief.

SaithSayer posted...

VipaGTS posted...

people get suspicious when people shop with cash? just keep it locked away at home and spend like you normally would. or take some extra and go buy a TV or Console. there is nothing suspicious about any of that and its not like the money has an expiration date...

If you break out a bunch of hundreds and are dressed like a guy who DOESN'T have great job AND it isn't around tax time.....

Yeah people begin to wonder if you're a drug dealer or a thief.

i wouldn't even think twice about it. why would they just assume a dude who has 700 bills on him is just a spoiled kid?
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SaithSayer posted...

VipaGTS posted...

people get suspicious when people shop with cash? just keep it locked away at home and spend like you normally would. or take some extra and go buy a TV or Console. there is nothing suspicious about any of that and its not like the money has an expiration date...

If you break out a bunch of hundreds and are dressed like a guy who DOESN'T have great job AND it isn't around tax time.....

Yeah people begin to wonder if you're a drug dealer or a thief.

I see plenty of shabby people carrying only cash around at the store I work at. Some people are paranoid and don't trust card payment.
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VipaGTS posted...

SaithSayer posted...

VipaGTS posted...

people get suspicious when people shop with cash? just keep it locked away at home and spend like you normally would. or take some extra and go buy a TV or Console. there is nothing suspicious about any of that and its not like the money has an expiration date...

If you break out a bunch of hundreds and are dressed like a guy who DOESN'T have great job AND it isn't around tax time.....

Yeah people begin to wonder if you're a drug dealer or a thief.

i wouldn't even think twice about it. why would they just assume a dude who has 700 bills on him is just a spoiled kid?

My point of view is probably skewed. I live in the small town in the south. In a place like L.A. or NYC, they'd probably assume you're a trust fund kid.

I used to think like a lot of you until a friend put it in to perspective one day. He said, "Imagine you have lost your wallet, now imagine that your wallet gets returned, NOW imagine that all the money you had in it is still in it when you get it back. Think about how happy you'd be if it was." It really changed my perspective on lost things and returning them as found, in my opinion. It was actually a little while later that I had lost my wallet with a few hundred dollars in it and it had been returned with all the money in it that really cemented that sentiment with me.
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Good on that kid. Cops could've planted marked bills and if he used it like it seems many others would here ITT, then good bye life!

IfGodCouldDie posted...

I used to think like a lot of you until a friend put it in to perspective one day. He said, "Imagine you have lost your wallet, now imagine that your wallet gets returned, NOW imagine that all the money you had in it is still in it when you get it back. Think about how happy you'd be if it was." It really changed my perspective on lost things and returning them as found, in my opinion. It was actually a little while later that I had lost my wallet with a few hundred dollars in it and it had been returned with all the money in it that really cemented that sentiment with me.

If my wallet gets stolen and returned with no money, I'd be mildly annoyed at best. I can't know the person returning it didn't find it empty.

I'd be happy that I didn't have to replace my I.D. and my Social Security Card.

SaithSayer posted...

Monetarily worthless but there's more to life than money. Some people like the idea of being able to walk around saying "I turned in 10 grand to the rightful owner with no qualm. Could you do that? How about YOU? Could YOU?!" and then go around feeling like nobody in the world is above them.

They don't realize that it's stupid if you did it for the bragging rights, but still..

Oh I'm sure that moral superiority is worth more than $10k to some people. My beef is that he wasn't compensated enough. It would have been even worse if he wasn't compensated at all. Still, it's not like you can't have that sense of superiority while also being compensated for your good deed.
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Kineth posted...

SaithSayer posted...

Monetarily worthless but there's more to life than money. Some people like the idea of being able to walk around saying "I turned in 10 grand to the rightful owner with no qualm. Could you do that? How about YOU? Could YOU?!" and then go around feeling like nobody in the world is above them.

They don't realize that it's stupid if you did it for the bragging rights, but still..

Oh I'm sure that moral superiority is worth more than $10k to some people. My beef is that he wasn't compensated enough. It would have been even worse if he wasn't compensated at all. Still, it's not like you can't have that sense of superiority while also being compensated for your good deed.

If he goes on to throw away his moral resolve over only being given a bill, maybe they'll learn to be more giving in the future.

SaithSayer posted...

Kineth posted...

SaithSayer posted...

Monetarily worthless but there's more to life than money. Some people like the idea of being able to walk around saying "I turned in 10 grand to the rightful owner with no qualm. Could you do that? How about YOU? Could YOU?!" and then go around feeling like nobody in the world is above them.

They don't realize that it's stupid if you did it for the bragging rights, but still..

Oh I'm sure that moral superiority is worth more than $10k to some people. My beef is that he wasn't compensated enough. It would have been even worse if he wasn't compensated at all. Still, it's not like you can't have that sense of superiority while also being compensated for your good deed.

If he goes on to throw away his moral resolve over only being given a bill, maybe they'll learn to be more giving in the future.

Ok, worthless platitudes aside...
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Highwind07 posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Highwind07 posted...

Keeping that much money is more trouble than it is worth.

No not really. In real life Javier Bardem doesn't chase you down and kill you every time you find money. Unless you're a moron it would be extremely easy to get away with spending that 10k

I just think that you wont be able to do too much at once with it anyway. If you go up to some retail stores buying something that is worth hundreds to thousands they might be suspicious. If you try to turn it in the form of a money order or cashier's check then they might be suspicious. In fact there's something about some locations requiring that they have a form to sign to give to the IRS for anything at $10,000, or if you try to do money orders in the form of $3000s then they have you sign papers.

easily rectified. Deposit $1000 every now and then, only use cash, etc..

if you go to different stores and buy hundreds worth of stuff in cash, they're not going to flag you down. Like say you go to an apple store and buy a macbook pro in cash, who's going to report it?
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