November 15th, 2013 | City  Rabbi finds $98,000 in old desk
After discovering $98,000 cash in a desk he purchased on
Craigslist, New Haven resident Noah Muroff decided to call the
original owners and return the money according to the Hartford
Courant.  The money was stuffed in a bag behind a drawer of the
desk, which Muroff originally purchased for $150. The desk’s
owner alleged the money was her inheritance and she had hidden
it in the desk but forgot where it was.  “I do not think there
are too many people in this world who would have done what you
did,” the owner wrote in a thank you note to Muroff. “I will be
forever grateful.”  The story has garnered attention on message
boards and news outlets, amidst anti-semitic jokes and cries
that Muroff should have kept the money. Bloggers have suspected
the money came from a political bribe or a drug deal.  “I still
can’t figure out how you misplace that amount of money- Or why
she had it bundled in $100 bills stuffed in an old crappy desk,”
wrote CT Boom blogger