Employees at a Canadian recycling center learned the true meaning of the old adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” after finding $100,000 while dismantling an old television. General Manager Rick Deschamps was holding his usual morning meeting at Global Electronic Processing, when an employee came running up with a security cash box. She proceeded to tell him that she had found the box contained bundles of $50 bills. Together with the paperwork dating back to 1985, were bundles of cash amounting to $100,000. Deschamps said the recycling center handles anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 television sets a month, but this is the first time one was filled with cash. He quickly secured the box and contacted the company's head office, which then called police. After clearing the money of any criminal links, police were able to trace the bills using the documents in the box to a 68-year-old man in Ontario. It turns out he had inherited the money from his parents, put it away for a rainy day, and forgot about it. He eventually gave the TV to a family friend, who had no idea of the treasure behind the screen. The friend wound up taking the TV to the recycling center, not knowing he was giving away a treasure.
