(Photo: Herald Sun)
It was a lot of money. But Chamindu Amarsinghe knew that the money didn't belong to him, so he didn't keep it.
Amarsinghe works as a custodian at a television station in Melbourne, Australia. While cleaning a toilet, he found a lot of money in large denominations in a trash bin. He immediately told his supervisor, who then called the police and a plumber. They pulled out from the toilet more than $100,000 (Australian).
No one stepped forward to claim it. After the government took a cut, it handed over to Amarsinghe $81,597. He plans to donate some to charity. But as he's a college student, so he'll use a lot of it to advance his career.
-via Huffington Post
Mathematically, you didn't have it before, so you don't really lose it if you turn it in. Philosophy saves the day, and your life.