Stormfront Productions Receives $160,000 Check By Accident
(Associated Press) West Lafayette, Indiana - Robert Theodorow could scarcely believe his eyes when he opened a piece of mail and found a $160,000 check tucked inside.
The check, for a sum large enough to pay off his house, buy a car, go on a six-month vacation, had everything—his name, address and his company’s name.
Everything, that is, except for his legal right to run off to the bank and cash it.
Once his champagne dreams dissipated, Theodorow soon realized that the $160,294.40 check was sent in error by Winnipeg, Canada-based Cargill Ltd.
“It’s not every day this happens. I was holding a piece of paper with so much power,” he said.
Theodorow, who owns Stormfront Productions in West Lafayette, at first, thought the check had been sent from a client and had a misplaced decimal.
After checking Stormfront’s records, however, Theodorow discovered his company had never done business with Cargill Ltd. So he called the company’s Winnipeg headquarters.
Cargill asked for the check to be voided and returned, and Theodorow said he put it in the mail Thursday. The company is giving Theodorow a $100 gift certificate to a local restaurant for turning in the giant-size check.
“Everyone at work wanted to see it and hold it,” Theodorow said. “If only I could keep the money, but that kind of stuff comes back to bite you. It’s better to just clear everything up and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
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