slacker Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Irregular News for 04.30.07 La Vista, NE -- A La Vista man was charged with felony theft after he spent $80,000 his bank deposited by mistake in his account. George J. Costa, 45, is charged with theft of lost or mislaid property. It is a crime to take money that's been "delivered under a mistake." More than $106,000 was deposited into Costa's account between August 2006 and February after a Pinnacle Bank employee mixed up account numbers, according to the Nebraska State Patrol. The bank was able to recover $26,000 from Costa's account after the mistake was recovered. "'Finder's keepers' and 'possession is nine-tenths of the law' aren't legal principles," said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov. Costa's lawyer, James Martin Davis, said Costa is willing to work out repayment in civil court but shouldn't be charged criminally. "If somebody sticks money in your pocket and you spend it, you can't be convicted of theft," he said. source Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I hope he had fun spending that money Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Too bad there weren't a couple more zeroes behind that number. Then you move quickly to a country w/o extradition treaties. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 "'Finder's keepers' and 'possession is nine-tenths of the law' aren't legal principles," said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov. WHAT?! Looks like I have a score to settle with that little punk at the the park that took my shovel and bucket out of the sandbox when I was on the swings. Quote Link to comment
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