Pair Return Some Cash From the $100s Spewed
A Philadelphia couple who made off with more than $35,000 when a cash machine began spewing $100 bills called police and returned some of the money, but more than half was still missing, police said.
Authorities said they would consider theft charges against Willie and Tawanda Anderson, who told police they gave cash to friends and bought gifts for their five children.
On Friday, the couple took their $2,200 Internal Revenue Service refund check to H&R; Block, which operates a machine that cashes refund checks. Instead of dispensing $2,200, the machine spit out $100 bills until an employee shut off the power, $72,000 later. Police said the Andersons scooped up wads of bills and took off with about $35,500.
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