Orem Man Finds $10K in New House w/pics

[Champ]

It's not uncommon to buy a house and when you move in, find the previous owners left something behind.

Usually it's not worth much. But an Orem man is in shock from what he found.

Hibino Katsumasa works for International Bridge, a computer company in Orem. He's been in America for about two years since moving here from Japan.

A year ago he bought a house and last week decided to have Cable TV installed.

When he and a friend pulled the cover off of an air vent during the installation, he found a metal box. As he opened it up, he saw something was wrapped up in aluminum foil. When he unwrapped the foil, he saw cash.

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John Farley/ Hibino Katsumasa's Boss: "The Japanese people are really honest, so it hadn't crossed his mind to lay claim on the money. He knew it was somebody's and wanted to give it back to them."

Katsumasa says he has no regrets about turning in the money.

Hibino Katsumasa: "I'm happy, yeah, actually it is her money. Also she is happy."

But even though he didn't get to keep the ten thousand dollars, Katsumasa knows he is loaded, when it comes to having honesty.




http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=198393

[Droopy]

1. Nice generalization there by Farley

although I'm sure he was just trying to be nice.

[SKKY]

2. If they forgot that there was 10K stashed in the vent...

...how badly did they really need the money?

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. why would someone hide 10,000 dollars in a vent?

and how do you forget about something like that?

[Mugweed]

4. You snooze...

you lose. Who forgets $10K except someone who doesn't need it?

[Redneck Socialist]

5. The moral of the story is...

don't hide your stash while you're high. You might forget where it is...:smoke:

[RPM]

6. $10k - is this a federally reportable transaction?

or not as there is no bank involved..