Don't Look a Gift Check in the Mouth
A school counselor hit the jackpot when a computer error caused the state of Minnesota to issue her a $2.5 million check.
Sabrina Walker did what any sensible, school counselor-type would do. She cashed the sucker. And bought thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, electronics, cars (4 of them), and limousine services (when she was too tired from shopping to drive one of her cars). And -- being a sensible, school counselor-type -- bought a $500,000 certificate of deposit and a $500,000 Treasury bond, and funded two retirement accounts.
Sabrina's shopping spree came to a screeching halt when the state caught on and arrested her. The school also put Sabrina on leave. I suppose it would have been kind of awkward to counsel kids on how to get into Harvard, when you're sitting behind bulletproof glass, with that staticky phone and guards eavesdropping on your private conversation.
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