Man Hunts Down Rightful Owner of $200,000

[Darius11 12]

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Wrongly Received Insurance Money for Soldier Killed in Iraq

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (March 15) - Carlos G. Rojas didn't know what to think when the military life insurance checks started showing up at his office. He didn't know anyone who would have named him a beneficiary, and the checks totaled $200,000.

He called Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, which pays death benefits to military families, and the customer service representatives insisted the money was his and he should cash the checks, he said.
Rojas couldn't do it.
"It's not like picking up a penny you just found," said Rojas, a 29-year-old marketing consultant. "Somebody's life was connected with that money."
Meanwhile, Carlos M. Rojas, 62, wondered why he had never received life insurance payments for his son, Army Pfc. Kenny Rojas, killed by a land mine in October in Iraq.
Servicemembers' Group assured him the checks were in the mail.

On Tuesday, after weeks of searching, the younger Rojas tracked down the grieving father.
"I believe this belongs to you," he said, handing him the checks.
The two men had never met but once worked in the same Miramar office building - Carlos G. Rojas for Wells Fargo Financial and Carlos M. Rojas for Comcast cable television. Carlos M. Rojas had quit his job at Comcast, though.
The checks, addressed to only "Carlos Rojas," were sent to the building because the elder Rojas had recently moved.
It took nine weeks, but Carlos G. Rojas was able to find a telephone number for the grieving father.

"I feel pretty good that somebody is honest enough to not spend the money," said Carlos M. Rojas. "This is like the last gift from my son. It's still very sad that he is not here. I cry every night."
Servicemembers' Group has spoken with the elder Rojas and will be sending him a letter of apology, spokeswoman Laurita Warner said Wednesday.
"We are investigating this situation to find out what happened and will take steps to make sure this doesn't happen again," she said.

Just a good story on AOL.
Made me smile hope it does the same for you

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Once I figured when you wrote "hunts down" didn't mean what I first thought. then I smiled

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[Darius11 12]

as long as you smiled it's all good bro.

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[Rebecca 0]

GASP!
And I just heard on the radio yesterday that 55% of us wouldn't chase down someone who dropped a $20...

Thank God for people like this.

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

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There's a big difference between $20 and $200,000.

I think most decent people would feel bad about cashing a 200,000 dollar check, especially when they knew they was military life insurance checks.

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[Darius11 12]

That’s exactly why I love stories like this. I still believe most people are really decent people.
If you believe the News some times it makes you feel we are all money hungry ass holes who care for nothing but self. I think those sort of people are the minority.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

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There's a big difference between $20 and $200,000.

I think most decent people would feel bad about cashing a 200,000 dollar check, especially when they knew they was military life insurance checks.

There's a HUGE difference! What I mean is that if a person could pick up and keep a $20 after they saw the owner drop it, what's 10,000 X that amount going to do to their moral compass?

You're right though. I think ALL decent people would do what this guy did. Anyone who cashed a dead soldier's check in his dad's name would by definition be a thieving scumbag.

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[cocheese 0]

I met the taxi driver who found $20 million in Calif. and returned it.
It fell out of a armored truck and he just thought it was a hand bag or whatever so he tossed in the trunk and didn't open it til the end of the day. He lives like a homeless man with four walls. Quite poor he was.
His advice to me : If you find money, keep it.
But i think tainted money can bring unpleasant results. No thanks.

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I met the taxi driver who found $20 million in Calif. and returned it.
It fell out of a armored truck and he just thought it was a hand bag or whatever so he tossed in the trunk and didn't open it til the end of the day. He lives like a homeless man with four walls. Quite poor he was.

His advice to me : If you find money, keep it.

But i think tainted money can bring unpleasant results. No thanks.

I hope the insurance company gave him a decent amount in reward

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[cocheese 0]

His reward was $2,000. The bag wasn't all cash obviously: bank notes etc.
He showed me the news articles as he was labeled most honest man. I was just inspecting his home for earth quake damage for a government agency.

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GASP!
And I just heard on the radio yesterday that 55% of us wouldn't chase down someone who dropped a $20...

Thank God for people like this.

I'm damned glad I'm in that 45%, then! Hell, I've driven 20 miles back to a gas station to give them back $5 extra they gave me in change by mistake... *shrug* Just the right thing to do...

Mike
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