Market Basket shopper finds and returns envelope with $12K in cash

A Shrewsbury shopper who discovered an envelope with a hefty sum of cash is being hailed for his honesty after turning the money over to its rightful owner.

According to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report, Van Ha noticed her envelope containing $12,000 in cash was missing after returning home from shopping at the Shrewsbury Market Basket. 

She and her nephew, Truong Huynh, rushed back to the store and met with manager Dan Desfosses, who offered to look through surveillance video to find the envelope. But the footage didn’t shed light on the whereabouts of her money.

The pair headed to their vehicle to leave as Desfosses returned to the store. There, Desfosses noticed a regular shopper known as Skip standing at the service desk with the envelope in hand, the T&G reported. They were able to catch Ha and Huynh before they left—and returned the cash.

Huynh told the outlet, “We were so excited, we left right away and went home without thinking about it. Then we wanted to thank Skip, so we went back to Market Basket with a reward.”

The family gifted Skip $300 as a show of gratitude for his honesty.

“It was just so very nice,” Desfosses told the T&G. “I don’t know a lot of people who would have done that — I mean, finding just a bank teller envelope, no name on it, you know.”