Would you take it to the police station?
Would you keep it?
2007-12-17 08:33:11 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I would definitely keep it.
2007-12-17 08:37:01 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron C 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
If it was a really, really large amount of money I would probably take it straight to the bank and put it in a safe deposit box. Then I would put an ad in the paper that directed answers to an anonymous P.O. box saying that a briefcase has been found and giving the approximate location. Anyone who can identify the briefcase and describe its contents is probably the owner. At the point that I had an owner identified I would contact the police for assistance in returning the briefcase. If no one came forward I would enjoy the money. I don't think I would involve the police or a lawyer or anyone else until I was reasonably sure that I knew the owner or knew that no owner was going to step forward. I think I trust me more than I trust the police and the lawyers. For a reqular amount of money I would probably just turn it in to the police, notify nearby businesses, ask for a receipt and wait to see what happens.
2016-05-24 09:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by kendra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would either take it to the police - if it is unclaimed within a certain # of days you can keep it (I think) - depending on where you live OR I would put an ad in the local paper saying where it was found and let them describe the briefcase to you to verify ownership. I'm sure they realize they lost whatever amount of money is in there. Or, I could just hand them the empty briefcase and keep the cash. That's a decision between me and my conscience.
2007-12-17 08:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by kwflamingo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is a VERY DIFFICULT question to answer. Would my conscious get to me? I don't know if I'd trust "handing" it over. Perhaps I was meant to find this briefcase. YEAH, there I go, I was MEANT to find this money- lol! I'd just look in the Lost and Found for a while, and hope there was a reward. I do think I'd feel guilty for a while, so I wouldn't spend it for months. Also, the location of where I found this is another roadblock on how safe I was with this briefcase full of money. After a few months, I'd say it was mine, meant to be. Again, I don't know if my mind would be okay with this, but, I do have tons of bills to pay. GOOD QUESTION GHOST! HARD ONE, TOO!
2007-12-17 08:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would definately take the briefcase to the police station. Just the briefcase.
2007-12-17 08:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would definately take it to a police station, or i would leave it where it was. If i took it, I'd feel too guilty to enjoy the money, and also i associate briefcases full of money with criminals, so I would be scared that some gangster was tracing me to get his money back
2007-12-17 08:37:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would do what the law says I must; turn it into the police department.
If, after 30 days (varies from place to place), the money is not claimed, then they would return it to me.
It is the right thing to do. Taking the money is stealing.
2007-12-17 17:20:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I found a million bucks in a breifcase I would keep it on the theory anyone carrying around a million bucks in cash can afford to lose it! Now if I read the next day a million dollars was lost while being transferred to Jude Memorial Childrens Hospital of something similar I would have to reconsider and give it back.
2007-12-17 08:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by Scott H 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would keep it and see if anything came up on the news or in the paper...Then after a month or so I would donate half to
a charity and the rest would be mine all mine...
Then again How much case is in the case...
thinking more about this I am concerned that I would have guilt for keeping the money....I will turn it in...Damn Guilt....
2007-12-17 08:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Brenda S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The world today is full of surveillance cameras. Can you be sure that the owner isn't going to remember where he left it, come back and find it gone, and then get, for example, the 7-11 across the street to check their prking lot cameras?
Really want to take the chance on going to prison over it?
Richard
2007-12-17 08:38:49 · answer #10 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take it to the police. There was a story in the news just the other day about a person who was arrested for not taking found money to the police. It is considered stealing to keep it without getting the police involved.
2007-12-17 08:37:06 · answer #11 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋