Dive summary:
- Tens of thousands of dollars stuffed into an envelope then wrapped in newspaper almost got shredded at a recycling facility in Des Moines, Iowa, workers found it at the last second and recovered it.
- The stacks of $50 and $100 bills had been clipped together for so long the paper clips had started to rust.
- Employees called the police after finding the money; the man who brought the papers in paid with a check so the police have his information and are trying to get in contact with him.
From the article:
The machines were stopped, the cash collected up and the police were called.
"They saw it, recognized it, thought, 'Hey, somebody wants this money back. I'm going to turn this in.' A fantastic effort on their part," said Halifax.
Investigators aren't revealing the exact amount found because it's an open investigation, but it's tens of thousands of dollars.
"Luckily, the guy paid with a check -- so we do have his information. We're going to try to backtrack to get ahold of him, to see if the money does in fact belong to him," said Halifax. ...
