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Michigan Man Returns $27K He Found Outside ATM
Local George Condash said he was just doing what any honest person would do if they found a bundle of cash at the ATM.
WESTLAND, MI — Imagine finding $27,000 outside of an ATM at your local bank. Metro Detroit resident George Condash did when he went to his bank — Westland Federal Credit Union — and he says he didn't think twice about what to do.
Video shows Condash going out of his way to remove the bundle of cash and immediately take it inside to the tellers. It turns out, an armed security guard had left the money in the roadway on accident.
“I drove right around here and it was sitting about right here,” Condash told WDIV. “Well, first, I just thought it was trash. For some reason it hit me that, ‘Why don’t I just pick this up so no one else has to swerve around it?'"
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The box said $40,000 but inside was actually $27,000.
“It’s not mine and any honest person, I would hope, would take it back in,” Condash said.
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The bank gave Condash a small token of appreciation, according to WDIV.
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