The case of the missing money
An odd story from Scottsdale, Arizona. From
The Arizona Republic:
Contractor accused of stealing money found in PV home
A Paradise Valley contractor has been arrested in connection with the taking of four boxes stuffed with $1,000 bundles that were stashed in the walls of a house he was renovating, according to police documents.
Paradise Valley Police, with the help of Phoenix Police, arrested Randy Bueghly at his home in the 5400 block of West West Wind Drive on Thursday morning. Bueghly was released after questioning.
Paradise Valley Police recovered $503,000 but it remained unclear how much money was in the boxes.
Authorities believe Bueghly took the money after one of his employees found the four metal boxes which contained the money in October 2008. Two boxes were under the stairs and two boxes were behind mounted speakers in the master bedroom, according to a Paradise Valley police report.
Employee Rafael Cuen told the owner of the house that each stack was labeled as $1,000 increments, and he estimated the total amount of each of the metal boxes to be $250,000, according to a Paradise Valley police report.
Cuen turned the money over to Bueghly, according to the report. Cuen reportedly asked Bueghly several times if he had told the homeowners about the money, the report said.
Cuen said Bueghly refused to speak to him about the money, but had asked him how many pesos $600,000 would be worth, Paradise Valley Police said.
Bueghly fired Cuen in November 2008, according to the report.
Emphases mine -- what a wonderful guy to work for...
Not contacting the owners, not putting the money into an Escrow account for a year and then splitting it with Cuen (with Cuen getting at least 70% as the finder). I have run into a few people like this and find it amazing that someone hasn't snuck up behind them with a baseball bat...
Posted by DaveH at February 13, 2009 8:27 PM