Brilliant News: Restaurant Owner Finds $12,000 in Cabinet and Original Owner

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Opening a restaurant takes a ton of work. But when one restaurant owner sells their building to another, it can make things a bit easier. Sak Yiengjuntuek purchased what would eventually become the Lemongrass Pho & Thai Cuisine in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2025. While cleaning up and transforming the space, Sak came across something very unexpected. Inside one of the cabinets was a very large amount of cash.

“It was a shock to me that I found old money in the cabinet in the back of my restaurant,” Sak told WLBT. “The cabinet was owned by the previous owner.”

Sak Yiengjuntuek Knew Exactly What to Do with the Money

Sak Yiengjuntuek said that he found $12,000 hidden in a sunglasses case. For many, it would probably be pretty tempting to take all, or even some, of the money, Sak didn’t think twice about what he should do.

“That’s a lot of money. I mean, I thought it was just sunglasses in there; I was shocked,” he told the news station. “The first thing I thought was that I need to find the rightful owner.”

Sak immediately reached out to the previous owner, but the phone number that he had didn’t work.

Luckily for Sak and the other man, he tried another way to contact the former owner and this time, it worked. The man told Sak Yiengjuntuek he’d been experiencing some serious health issues and the money could not have come at a better time.

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