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“Inspector Rafael Banggay Jr., who is assigned with the Central Mindanao police’s community relations office in General Santos City, got a lot of compliments after he returned PHP100,000 in cash to a bank after a bank teller had apparently erred and unwittingly handed him double the amount on the check he had encashed last January 15,” reports Edwin Fernandez in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Banggay said he found out he had been given too much cash by the teller after he had already left the bank.
In a radio interview, Banggay related that he had a check for PHP100,000 and the teller gave him a bundle of PHP1,000 bills and another bundle of PHP500 bills.
The report noted: “Banggay said he did not count the money he got because it was indicated on a piece of paper that the bundles had PHP50,000 each. He put it in his bag and casually left the bank then proceeded to a gasoline station to fill up his vehicle.”
Much to his shock, Banggay later saw that the total amount handed to him by the bank teller was actually PHP200,000. He repeatedly counted the bills.
Banggay then called up a relative working in the same bank to report the incident. He then returned the excess cash later in the day.
When asked why he returned the cash, Banggay replied, “I am assigned with the PNP-12 police community relations officer, I should serve as model. What is not mine will never be mine, I believe honesty begets honesty.”
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