Reply With QuoteDude, if that happened to me. I would have transferred it to an offshore account and sent them a thank you card.
...for Pepsico to make this kind of mistake on MY paycheck.
Tribune Co. Pays $301,000 to Wrong Mark Guthrie
Connecticut Newspaper Carrier Receives Money Meant for Cubs Reliever
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (Sept. 10) -- The company that owns the Chicago Cubs and The Hartford Courant are battling a former newspaper carrier to get back the last of $301,000 it accidentally gave to him instead of a baseball player with the same name.
The Tribune Co. money that was meant for Mark Guthrie, the relief pitcher, was sent to the bank account of Mark Guthrie, the Courant deliveryman, in three payments, the final one made last October. Five weeks later the Cubs realized the error, and the team took back $275,000 before Guthrie froze his account.
The Cubs sued in February but last month filed legal do ents offering to drop the suit if he handed over the final $26,000.
"We have no desire to embarrass Mr. Guthrie or bring undue attention to his actions -- we just want the money back," said attorney Paul Guggina, who is representing the Cubs.
Guthrie, 43, said the matter is more complicated.
"I need them to open the books to me and show me I don't have any tax liabilities," he said. "It's mind-boggling. They never should have made the mistake to begin with."
The carrier said he had waited for the team to call him as his bank account ballooned.
Guthrie the pitcher, 38, is now a free agent.
09/10/04 16:27 EDT
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.
Dude, if that happened to me. I would have transferred it to an offshore account and sent them a thank you card.
Sequ - They'd never have found you, most likely looking for an adult sized individual.
$301,000 buys a lot of shoe inserts.
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