In China, an elderly garbage collector found $ 63,000 in his account.

A 71-year-old Chinese man who worked as a garbage collector in central China for 21 years suddenly found the equivalent of $ 63 thousand in his retirement account. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS, the newspaper South China Morning Post, citing local media, indicated that the man in the 2000s was left without a job and quickly spent all the money, after which he settled in an abandoned building and worked as a garbageman on the streets of Changde in China. In 2024, a volunteer organization offered him help with housing and basic necessities, but he refused. Later, the man agreed to the proposal and provided his documents for official registration. Then social workers found that the man in 2015 reached retirement age and began to receive payments to his account, which accumulated the amount equivalent to $ 63 thousand. Now he plans to rent an apartment, and in the future to visit his hometown of Zhuzhou.

After learning about the funds available on his account, the pensioner broke down in tears and thanked social services for their support. In the US, the player won the lottery historic jackpot of $ 1.04 billion, buying a ticket for $ 2