A teen found $135,000 next to an ATM. Instead of walking away with it, he called police

what an idiot.

Besides, if he had taken the money, the ATM cameras would have filmed him, his car, and his license plate.

Not really. Smart kid. Money that is gained dishonestly seldom buys happiness.

If he'd taken it, he'd have been locked up for grand theft, and with banks and US currency involved it would have been very bad. They could charge him with a slew of felonies if they wanted to.

Correct. The pigs would have been at his house in about two hours.

Good job Jose you just signed the atm filler dude up for contact tracing.

Maybe not you then, but others. Fair enough - my bad.

If it were 1.4 Million.... I'd be in Aruba ATTM. Living off the interest.

No, YOU'D BE IN THE BIGHOUSE, servicing Big Bubba nightly

Don't know - there is a "finders Law"
Probably the person who left it would be in more trouble.
If this actually happened.

PRO TIP: IF you "find" something on someone else's private property and you take it , thats theft.

Say you saw a hundred dollar bill blow across the sidewalk in front of you, up into a nearby yard. If you pick it up and pocket it its theft and the crime is complicated by trespassing, some states call it aggravated theft
Stealing lost property is itself in fact theft. If you pick up my wallet I dropped on the sidewalk and take 1500 dollars out of it, it's not finders keepers loosers weepers, it's a state felony and get to go to the penitentiary .

It shouldn't be too much longer when this will be the norm. You have no idea the karma connected to that money or the natural consequences of taking something that doesn't belong to you.

You cant be that dumb. Nevermind

Trump supporter, right?

How did I know?



The law is if you find property that does not belong to you you are to report it to the authorities, not pocket it. In most places if it is not claimed YOU MAY get it back. In this case the kid knew what the money was and whom it belonged to unless he was brain dead, and he knew why it was there.

I bet it was 300k before he gave it to cops.

If this was actually true, the bank would have been named. Contractors to the bank and investors would need an explanation, and there would be policy changes involved.
Me thinks this was a made up feel good story.

The dude who services(fills) the atm fuckedup to the tune of $135K.

I think I would have turned around and driven to a different ATM.

he should have burned it. don't need all that debt lying around.

Not really, Devil’s snare

He said it had $50 bills. I've never seen an ATM that stocks $50 notes.

Again - BS story.

lol, was thinking the same thing as soon as I read that part of the story.

how? is he supposed to brag about to everyone for the rest of his life about this act? if he had the 'integrity' to not take the money, he has the 'integrity' to never bring it up to anyone.

Sorry, seems like a good story, but too many holes.
There are a lot of these floating around.
Again - trust no-one

doubt he was driving a car...

you are idiots questioning the veracity of the amount, when that can be easily verified with bank records.

Honest kid raised well.

If they are not citizens, give the kid and family citizenship.

If not, a reward, or maybe scholarship, should be considered.

I’m sure he was on camera if it was right in front of the atm. But would the bank have even realized it was missing?

I’m not sure what I would have done. I found a wad of cash once as a teen and kept it, but it was only $90 crumpled up laying in a ditch. There was no wallet or anything. I only return things if I can figure out who they belong to. It’s not stealing if it’s got no owner. Every time I’ve found jewelry and tried to find the owner, I get a bunch of lying scammers trying to claim it instead.

I guess the smart thing would be to hang onto it for one year. If the bank calls up you could just give it back. He didn’t know whose it was.

I would not deposit that much money, though, without a clean trail for it.

This is similar to when someone finds a stash of gold coins on their own land and it gets taken away. I don’t consider that stealing

you must not visit many ATMs.