[Kerry]

What??!!!!!

You'd think that finding more than £10,000 in cash, in a bag next to a cash machine, and returning it to its rightful owners would be applauded. But for one man, all that it resulted in was a £300 fine.

Robert Adams, 54, saw the bag full of money next to a cash machine with Chase Bank's logo on the side. Instead of taking advantage, the resident of Arlington Heights, Illinois, returned it to the bank in question.

But he made a mistake, by giving police false information about exactly where he found it.

Adams found the large sum of cash on the night of 6 June while using an ATM inside the shop Walgreens. He had planned to meet a woman for a date, but when she failed to show decided to buy a drink before heading home.

Instead of handing in the money in the area where he found it, Adams took it to a police station nearer to his home where he said he felt more comfortable speaking to local police in familiar surroundings.

"I didn't want to go back into Walgreens, so I thought I would drive to the Chase Bank near my house and return it," he told the Southtown Star in the US.

But thinking it would result in fewer questions, Adams told the bank — and the police — that he'd found the money near his home not in the shop.

The error cost him $500 (£312).

Of course, leaving that sort of cash just lying about is a concern for any bank. So they, the security firm that lost the money and the police started to look into it. What they discovered was that Adams had lied about where he found the cash.

He was captured on CCTV picking up the money, leaving the shop and getting into his car, and then charged with lying in a police report — resulting in his fine.

"I accept the fine. I'm very sorry about this whole thing," Adams told the Chicago Tribune. He was never offered a reward for returning the cash.

[joeysteele]

It would seem thay have assumed that he may have had intent to keep the money originally but then decided not to. Still it makes you think.

[lostalex]

Don't lie! EVER!

But honestly, if he actually has to pay this fine, it would be a shame. The man is obviously an honest and good man. Not only did he find a S***load of money that he can't keep, but also he got stood up by a woman!

I really feel for this guy. Ladies, this guy sounds like a catch! A genuinely good and honest and decent man, isn't that what women are always saying doesn't exist anymore?

If i had a vagina i'd be all over him.

[cub]

Still a bit tight of them to fine him. His explanation was reasonable, even though it wasn't the whole truth. They should encourage more people to hand in lost property - especially such a huge amount. At the end of the day he did the right thing.

The person that should be punished is the one that lost it.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by cub

Still a bit tight of them to fine him. His explanation was reasonable, even though it wasn't the whole truth. They should encourage more people to hand in lost property - especially such a huge amount. At the end of the day he did the right thing.

The person that should be punished is the one that lost it.

Why?