Jerry Mika must be overwhelmed by the amount of money in his hand – a 2 million dollar check. This “honest man” returns the mistaken check because he figured he couldn’t cash it.
Expecting a $15 refund from the Utah Department of Commerce, the Draper man opened his mail recently to find a $2,245,342 check.
“I kept trying to find a way to make it legitimate so I could cash it,” he said. “I did think about all the things I could do with the money … who wouldn’t?”
Mika returned the check — a mistake that occurred when an employee entered a serial number, not an amount — to state finance offices Wednesday.
