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Texas Man Finds and Returns Over $128,000 Left on Bank ATM

An anonymous samaritan contacted police and returned a bag containing more than $128,000 in cash after finding it atop a bank machine in Lewisville, Texas.

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An anonymous samaritan called police after finding a bag filled with money on top of a bank ATM in Lewisville, Texas, Good News Network reported. A man and a woman noticed the bag lying atop the machine while stopping at the location. [1]

The bag contained more than $128,000 in cash, according to Good News Network. Information on one of the bags suggested it might belong to a neighboring Chick-fil-A restaurant. The man took the bag to the restaurant supervisor, who stated that the cash and a smaller bag containing 19 checks did not belong to them. [1]

An officer with the Lewisville Police Department arrived at the scene shortly after the call was made, Good News Network reported. The money appeared to have been left on top of the machine by a Brinks technician. [1]

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In short

  • A man found a bag containing more than $128,000 on top of an ATM in Lewisville, Texas.
  • The samaritan immediately called the Lewisville Police Department to report the money.
  • The cash and a smaller bag containing 19 checks appeared to have been accidentally left by a Brinks technician.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Texas Man Finds More Than $128,000 on Top of a Bank’s ATM–and Returns Every DollarGood News Network, 7d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report FindsInside Climate News, 7d ago

Background

  1. [3]Spider-Man: No Way Home on Wikipedia
  2. [4]Superman Returns on Wikipedia
  3. [5]Dan Saunders ATM glitch on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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