”50,000 won bills were thrown from the bus”... What happened in Euljiro, Seoul?

"There were 50,000 won (about 5,200 yen) bills scattered all over the road. I went into the road like I was possessed and picked up a bunch of them."
Recently, on social media, a 50,000 won sale was held in the center of Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul on the 2nd.
Photos of the situation were also posted on social media, showing people picking up 50,000 won notes and 50,000 won notes lying on the road.
The footage shows the bills scattered around and the police collecting them. Some citizens commented, "There's something like this in the world... I saw a 50,000 won note on the ground, and I thought, 'What?' and when I looked, I saw a 50,000 won note on the road.
"There were won bills scattered all over the place," he said. "They were all 50,000 won bills. I went into the road like I was possessed and picked up a lot of them."
The citizen posted a photo of more than 10 50,000 won bills he had found, along with a picture of a police officer collecting them, saying, "You must turn in anything you find."
He posted a video of him handing over the banknotes he found to the police, saying, "Return completed!" The post had attracted a lot of attention, with about 3 million hits and nearly 600 comments the day after it was posted.
In another related post, a woman posted a photo of 50,000 won bills scattered on the street, saying, "I picked them all up and gave them to a police officer. Someone said they were scattered from the bus.
The driver who was driving said to the police officer, "There's a lot behind me!" I'm really curious about what happened." He continued, explaining, "Was it a dream?" and "The temptation that is right in front of me now."
Police confirmed that this incident actually occurred on the 2nd near Euljiro 4-ga. However, it was not someone who scattered the cash from the bus, but rather a citizen who was crossing the street by mistake.
Police said, "A citizen who was crossing the street dropped a large amount of cash that was in his pocket."
"It was something I had in my possession because it was necessary for the purpose," he said. There was no suspicion of a crime. If a huge amount of money was actually scattered on the road, what would happen if it were stolen?
In the legal world, if someone accidentally takes money that has been lost or money that the owner has not given up ownership of, they may be punished for "embezzlement of abandoned property."
The crime of embezzlement of abandoned property is punishable by imprisonment of up to one year or a fine of up to 3 million won (approximately 310,000 yen), or by a fine of up to 3 million won (approximately 310,000 yen) if an individual embezzles lost property, driftwood, or property that has been abandoned by another person.
Or you may be fined. There have been similar cases overseas. In 2021, the door of a cash transport truck traveling on a highway in San Diego, USA, opened and bundles of bills scattered,
The highway became a scene of chaos as drivers stopped their cars to pick up the money. The FBI and California Highway Patrol (CHP) have issued 48 warrants to those who made off with the cash.
They were instructed to return the money within the designated time frame, and warned that failure to do so would constitute theft. However, if the owner intentionally threw away the money, it would be considered abandonment of ownership, and the money would not be taken away.
Even if you later change your mind and claim ownership of the gold, you will lose your right the moment you give up ownership, so you will not be subject to legal punishment even if you take the gold.
The legal profession explains that this is not the case.