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Old 02-08-2007, 08:47 PM   #1
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Similar thing happened where I live last week- Student finds $10K, gets a $500 reward, then gets home to find out the gov't retracted most of his student loan...what a way to end the day.
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For any student who has struggled to pay for tuition while dining on macaroni and cheese, finding an abandoned wad of cash would be too good to be true.

But when Jaime Hawkins stumbled upon a "loaf-of-bread-sized" stack of $20 bills next to a bank machine at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, the student immediately decided to return the cash.

The $10,000 stack was mistakenly left behind by two security guards who were refilling the machine in the student union building.

Hawkins, who handed the money to a student union employee, says he "feels good" about his decision, though he now finds himself strapped for cash.

Last month, about a week after he found the loot, the 29-year-old discovered his New Brunswick student loan had been reassesed, meaning he’ll receive nearly $6,000 less than he initially thought.

However, Toronto-based Group 4 Securicor, the firm that misplaced the money, says Hawkins and the student union worker will each receive $500 rewards.

"It’s nice to know there’s honest people in the world with integrity, whose mother raised them right," said company spokeswoman Robin Steinberg.



articel: http://www.herald.ca/Search/557465.html
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Old 02-09-2007, 07:26 AM   #2
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But when Jaime Hawkins stumbled upon a "loaf-of-bread-sized" stack of $20 bills next to a bank machine at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, the student immediately decided to return the cash.
Or he was smart enough to know if he got anywhere near that machine it took his picture.
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