Original Blog Entry: Man arrested for throwing $41,000 in cash out taxi window

truesee — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:41:59 GMT

Man arrested for throwing cash out taxi window

April 13, 2009

Diana Fasanella

10:18 AM

A Taiwanese man has been charged with public endangerment and destruction of currency after throwing bank notes worth around $41,000 out of a taxi cab window.

The 55-year-old man, who was not indentified, lobbed the money out of the taxi s window in a crowded part of Taichung city yesterday, according to Adelaide Now.

Disorder erupted in the streets as people scrambled to grab up the cash, police said. Some passers-by turned the money over to police, while others pocketed it.

The man was believed to have thrown out more money on an earlier road trip that started in the country s capital of Taipei.

He also burned about $16,500 and had two more sacks of cash, the proceeds from a property sale.

The taxi driver eventually turned the man in to police.

Police said the man was thought to have a nervous condition and was not in a normal state of mind.

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