LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) A La Vista man was charged with felony theft after he spent $80,000 his bank deposited by mistake in his account.
George J. Costa, 45, is charged with theft of lost or mislaid property. It is a crime to take money that's been "delivered under a mistake."
More than $106,000 was deposited into Costa's account between August 2006 and February after a Pinnacle Bank employee mixed up account numbers, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
The bank was able to recover $26,000 from Costa's account after the mistake was recovered.
"'Finder's keepers' and 'possession is nine-tenths of the law' aren't legal principles," said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov.
Costa's lawyer, James Martin Davis, said Costa is willing to work out repayment in civil court but shouldn't be charged criminally.
"If somebody sticks money in your pocket and you spend it, you can't be convicted of theft," he said.
ghettoyute said
23:06 05/03 2007
Mi agree....mi wuda spen it to...caw mi wuda tink seh god bless mi wid it so dem cyaan wrong di man
CALOSS said
06:04 05/04 2007
A dat mea sey to, charge fi wah?
booty said
20:58 05/04 2007
He should have informed the bank about the error, because abviously that is somebody else's money, darn thief, and trying to rationalize it too. prrfftttt
ghettoyute said
08:20 05/07 2007
booty wrote:
He should have informed the bank about the error, because abviously that is somebody else's money, darn thief, and trying to rationalize it too. prrfftttt
U know seh mi definately yink sumn wrong wid u....u "diffarant"
booty said
10:15 05/07 2007
ghettoyute wrote:
booty wrote:
He should have informed the bank about the error, because abviously that is somebody else's money, darn thief, and trying to rationalize it too. prrfftttt
U know seh mi definately yink sumn wrong wid u....u "diffarant"
How am i " diffarant", because my moral compass is not f**ked like urs?
George J. Costa, 45, is charged with theft of lost or mislaid property. It is a crime to take money that's been "delivered under a mistake."
More than $106,000 was deposited into Costa's account between August 2006 and February after a Pinnacle Bank employee mixed up account numbers, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
The bank was able to recover $26,000 from Costa's account after the mistake was recovered.
"'Finder's keepers' and 'possession is nine-tenths of the law' aren't legal principles," said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov.
Costa's lawyer, James Martin Davis, said Costa is willing to work out repayment in civil court but shouldn't be charged criminally.
"If somebody sticks money in your pocket and you spend it, you can't be convicted of theft," he said.