A good Samaritan found $10,000 in a Las Vegas airport and did the right thing by getting in touch with the owner of the money. The man found two unmarked envelopes in Caesar’s Palace and spent days trying to find out who they belonged to. Read more after the jump.
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Somebody got lucky twice this Christmas.
Ignacio Marquez lost $10,000 in the Las Vegas Airport only to have it returned to him by a good samaritan, reports 9 News.
The last honest man, Mitch Gilbert, was traveling home to Greenwood Village, Colorado when he found two unmarked Caesar’s Palace envelopes, each holding $5,000, at the airport. “If it happened to me, I sure would want that back,” Gilbert told the local news station.
After days of unsuccessful attempts to locate the owner through the airport, Gilbert finally heard about Marquez and got in touch with the no doubt distraught traveler. Gilbert deposited the money in Marquez’s bank account two days before Christmas.
“I’m very appreciative to Mitch and his family. You do not find people like this,” Marquez said.
Typically when travelers lose money in McCarran Airport it is to the on-site slot machine. Typically, they don’t get it back.
