Cash Draws Out the Greed in Everyone

I’m pretty much of the opinion (painful as it is) that anything found in the owner’s house whether it is of value or not belongs to the owner. If she was willing to offer me $18200 for finding the money, I actually think this is pretty generous. If the contractor was truly greedy instead of just slightly greedy he wouldn’t have said anything at all and just kept it all.
Even so, he would have to be super careful. People would begin to talk if this guy suddenly seemed to have a lot of money. He really couldn’t invest it, or put it anywhere that had his Social Security number attached to it or the IRS might catch on. The cash was old and probably looked different than modern day currency, so just spending it slowly might not have worked without a lot of questions either. I think this guy’s best scenario would have been to just take the 10% and call it a good day.