SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A Utah man was a Millionaire just long enough for his conscience to catch us with him. A Utah department of Commerce
typing error put his name on a huge check for over two-million dollars. But you can't put a price on what Jerry Mika from Draper did next.
Mika said, "It's a little bit more than a couple thousand dollars it's two point...two hundred? I can't even say it, it's so much."
His name and address are on the check. It's real but it's wrong. The check was supposed to be written for fifteen dollars. It was a refund for an overcharge; but two million dollars? That's quite a mistake.
"I looked at it and I said 'are you ready to pack your bags, we're leaving today?'" he said.
Mika couldn't think of any real reason the state would mail him a check like this. So, after showing his friends and bragging about being a millionaire for a few weeks, he showed up at the state finance division to turn it in; but not without a few jokes.
"She says 'sir, this is a mistake' and I said 'I've already booked my flight to Hawaii, now what and I going to do?" said Mika, recounting his experience with the state employee at the counter.
Department of Commerce Executive Director Francine Giani said she's glad he turned it in.
"He's been having some fun with it and that's fine," she said. "He didn't cash it and we appreciate that portion of it."
Giani said one of her employees accidentally typed the seven-digit receipt number in as the check amount, and no one noticed it before it went in the mail.
"It was an error and something that we would have caught," Giani said.
"It was more like a novelty than anything else," Mika said. "But you do have those second thoughts right?"
"We appreciate his honestly and hope that people faced with the same situation would do the same thing," Giani said.
Mika said he knew if he turned the check in karma would return the favor.
But as of Wednesday night, he's still waiting for his dose of karma, and his original fifteen dollar refund.
The Utah Department of Commerce created a new system order so if checks are written over five-hundred dollars the director has to sign it before it leaves the building.
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typing error put his name on a huge check for over two-million dollars. But you can't put a price on what Jerry Mika from Draper did next.
Mika said, "It's a little bit more than a couple thousand dollars it's two point...two hundred? I can't even say it, it's so much."
His name and address are on the check. It's real but it's wrong. The check was supposed to be written for fifteen dollars. It was a refund for an overcharge; but two million dollars? That's quite a mistake.
"I looked at it and I said 'are you ready to pack your bags, we're leaving today?'" he said.
Mika couldn't think of any real reason the state would mail him a check like this. So, after showing his friends and bragging about being a millionaire for a few weeks, he showed up at the state finance division to turn it in; but not without a few jokes.
"She says 'sir, this is a mistake' and I said 'I've already booked my flight to Hawaii, now what and I going to do?" said Mika, recounting his experience with the state employee at the counter.
Department of Commerce Executive Director Francine Giani said she's glad he turned it in.
"He's been having some fun with it and that's fine," she said. "He didn't cash it and we appreciate that portion of it."
Giani said one of her employees accidentally typed the seven-digit receipt number in as the check amount, and no one noticed it before it went in the mail.
"It was an error and something that we would have caught," Giani said.
"It was more like a novelty than anything else," Mika said. "But you do have those second thoughts right?"
"We appreciate his honestly and hope that people faced with the same situation would do the same thing," Giani said.
Mika said he knew if he turned the check in karma would return the favor.
But as of Wednesday night, he's still waiting for his dose of karma, and his original fifteen dollar refund.
The Utah Department of Commerce created a new system order so if checks are written over five-hundred dollars the director has to sign it before it leaves the building.
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