Man finds N6.2m in envelope and returns it
...The envelope’s owner was using the cash for down payment on a house
His good deed helped her sign the deed. Good samaritan Brian DiCarlo found an envelope loaded with $2,000 ( about N310,000) cash and a cashier’s cheque for $38,000 ( about N5.9m) in a supermarket parking lot last week.
Luckily for Sharon Davis — who was going to use the money as a down payment on a house — DiCarlo has high moral fiber
DiCarlo’s conscience quick kicked in and he called the Clackamas County Sheriff ’s Office to report the missing envelope, according to KPTV.
“My first thought is that this person, whoever it is, is a wreck, and they are probably losing their mind trying to retrace their steps,” he told the station.
Meanwhile, Davis frantically searched the parking lot at the intersection of Southeast 122nd and Sunnyside Rd. after grabbing a cup of coffee.
“I was so stunned and so stressed, I swear I was going to have a heart attack or a stroke,” Davis told KATU.
Police were able to locate Davis based on the paperwork inside the envelope, the station reported. The woman was still scouring the parking lot for her cheque and cash.
“What a good and amazing man,” a relieved Davis told KPTV.
DiCarlo said he never thought of keeping the cash for himself. He later received a phone call from a grateful Davis and a $300 (about N47,000) reward, KATU reported.
“I think I do believe that at the time I was the exact person who needed to be there at that exact time to pick it up, because maybe someone else wouldn’t have done the same thing that I did,” DiCarlo later told the station.