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What would you do if the state you lived in inadvertently mailed you a check for a large amount of money you knew you weren’t owed? Would you cash it immediately? After all it IS made out directly to you, right? Would you plan a trip? You would probably start to imagine the possibilities or at least have fun for a moment dreaming of those possibilities; at least the Gorilla admits he would. The state doesn’t make mistakes like that-or do they?

Well, a Utah man found out recently that they, in fact, do and it was to the tune of over $2 million dollars! The man received a check in the mail made out to him with his name and address on it for over $2 million. Luckily for the state, the man was honest and returned the check, but not before holding on to it for a few weeks to show friends. He thought it would be fun to dream about what he’d do with that much money. Hey, you can’t blame the guy!  So, how did this happen? Well, this is proof that to err certainly is human, because according to Francine Giani from the Department of commerce, the check was supposed to be made out for $15, as a refund for an overpayment made by the gentleman. Instead, one of the employees at the department wrote the 7 digit receipt number in the amount section of the check. ”We were certainly glad that he was an honest man,” Giani said. “Hopefully should this happen to anyone else, we would hope they would do the same thing.” Yeah, the Gorilla bets she does! The bottom line here? Well, honesty certainly is the best policy to be sure. In reality, the state most likely would have tracked its over $2 million dollar mistake and the man would have likely gone to jail for grand theft. Not to mention, the Gorilla is a big believer in the old saying, “what goes around comes around.” But, ah, what fun it would have been to have all that cash! A guy can dream, can’t he? Good for you Mr. Utah guy. Good for you!