$100,000 found inside old TV at Canadian recycling plant
Authorities say the money was lost inheritance of a 68-year-old man.
(Web Desk) - An electronics recycling firm worker found more than $100,000 CAD ($76,560 USD approx) in cash inside an old television set last month as the TV was being dismantled for processing, CTV News reported.
The GEEP recycling plant -- located in Barrie, Ontario, about 60 miles north of Toronto -- said it contacted the police immediately.
“There was like, four stacks of $50 bills, and I knew it was a large amount of money,” Rick Deschamps, general manager for GEEP told CTV News’ Barrie affiliate.
The money was hidden inside of a cash box along with documents -- which authorities used to find the owner.
When located, the man told police that he had forgotten about the cash box when he gave the TV to a friend.
The money, which he says he stashed away some 30 years ago, was intended to be passed down to his family members as an inheritance.
