In 2016, an electrician found 87,000 euros behind a socket in Munich - and yet he shouldn't get a cent of it.
That is now finally certain.
He and the tenant of the apartment were probably just too honest back then.
Munich - handicraft has golden ground, they say.
And in this case it was actually like this: Electrician Oliver Jungtäubl (54) discovered 87,000 euros in December 2016 in a rented apartment in Munich * -Steinhausen.
The banknotes were behind a socket - some in a salt can, some in loose bundles (we reported).
Now one thing is certain: Neither Jungtäubl nor the tenant of the apartment at the time will get a cent out of it.
At the time, they duly handed over the windfall to the authorities.
"The whole thing is of course annoying"
"The whole thing is of course annoying," says the honest finder.
Jungtäubl had since given up the fight, but the tenant had moved on to court.
After all, the nurse had hoped for part of the money (1500 euros) as a finder's reward.
But the Munich district court has now decided: The money is not a lost property in the legal sense.
The money initially ended up in the lost property office.
The question quickly arose: Who does the 87,000 euros belong to?
Answer: Apparently the previous tenant.
The man lived in the apartment until his death at the age of 69 in 2010.
And indeed: In February 2018 we meet actor Axel Scholtz, a friend of the deceased.
He says his buddy told him about savings in a secret location.
The lost property office also assigned the money to the previous tenant - because of the date on the salt can.
At least a local wage for the electrician?
The money then went to a curator.
Still, it was unclear what happened to it.
There was even the possibility that Jungtäubl and the nurse could share the 87,000 euros.
Thanks to our reporting, a lawyer wanted to help Jungtäubl earn at least a finder's fee free of charge.
But: "The legal situation was too unclear," said the electrician.
He gave up.
The tenant, however, sued the heirs (represented by the estate administrator).
Even if not all heirs have been identified, one thing is for sure: you own the money.
Finder's reward?
Nothing!
The law actually regulates that every finder is entitled to a finder's fee.
But: because the money was hidden and not lost, the find-and-find rules do not apply.
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