"Las Vegas taxi driver given $10k for returning cash" Associated Press, December 28, 2013
LAS VEGAS — A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash.
Yellow Checker Star Cab Co. chief executive Bill Shranko confirmed Friday that Gerardo Gamboa had been paid by the poker player. The cab company also honored the driver’s good deed by naming him employee of the year, awarding him $1,000, and giving him a gift certificate to a Las Vegas steakhouse.
It’s unclear how Gamboa plans to spend the money.
The tale, first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, started Monday....
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