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Vienna Bus Driver Finds, Returns Half A Million Dollars

Posted: Dec. 13th, 2012  |  By Michael Pearse

If you want a destination where you can relax and not worry about being taken advantage of for being a tourist, Vienna may be the place for you as it has a good track record that has just gotten better with an Austrian bus driver returning a left behind bag containing what translates to $500,000 in cash to its elderly owner.

VIENNA: An Austrian bus driver has been praised for his honesty, after handing in a bag he found on his bus containing 390,000 euros (£315,000; $506,000) in cash.

According to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report, the sum represented the entire life savings of an elderly lady whom the police managed to track down. The 77-year-old had withdrawn the funds from the bank earlier the same day before forgetting them on the bus.

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