Dough with 15 Grand Spotted on ICE: A Lady Redeems Her Cash to Feds
Stashed Briefcase Containing 15,000 Euros Delivered to FBI: Woman Surrenders Cash to Federal Law Enforcement - Individual transferring funds to federal law enforcement officers
Here's a story that'll make your wallet go green with envy - or maybe it'll just turn your stomach! According to the Fed Cops, a bag containing nothing but fat stacks of 200-euro notes (totaling an eye-popping 15,000 euros) was discovered on an ICE train. The question was: who owned all that dough and why on earth would they leave it behind? The mystery went unsolved at first, as no one claimed the lost loot on the ICE.
Initial investigations into the bag's origins proved fruitless, and the Police confiscated the cash[1]. But guess what, ladies and gents? The story doesn't end here! A 34-year-old lady stepping out of Schleswig-Holstein did something remarkable: she fessed up to being the cash's rightful owner! Seems the money was hers to begin with, and she'd stashed it in a pink palm-pouch embellished with princesses - a rather conspicuous choice for a secret stash[2][3][4]. Well, it seems her pouch got snatched in Hamburg, and thought it had disappeared for good until she caught wind of the news. Intrigued, she decided to come clean. Turns out, she was planning on using the dough to buy a new set of wheels[1]!
Now, here's the interesting part: according to reports, the woman left the bag behind, probably due to some chaos or distraction, failing to spot it before vacating her seat[2][3][4]. The bag was sitting pretty on a seat when our 33-year-old ICE tracker found it. The finer details about how the bag ended up neglected are sketchy, but hey, who needs the gruesome details, right?
The story unfolds in the vibrant cities of Munich and Hanover, and it all went down on a Sunday[1].
[1] - Found cash rightfully claimed by Schleswig-Holstein woman, German cable network "n-tv" reports (August 5, 2021).[2] - 70,000 euros and 200,000 US dollars missing from Muenster: Police claim return of 15,000 euros and 123,000 US dollars (German) (Delta Welt)[3] - Criminal investigation into the disappearing 15,000 euros from the ICE in Munich dropped (German) (Bayerischer Rundfunk)[4] - Found money from Munich ICE train identified: About 15,000 euros in 200 euro notes (German) (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
The 15,000 euros discovered in an ICE train was seized by federal police after no one claimed it initially. A woman from Schleswig-Holstein confessed to being the owner upon hearing the news, revealing that she had stashed the money with the intention of buying a new set of wheels. The train tracker found the bag with the cash in Munich on a Sunday.
