The Bank of America teller who helped police catch the notorious "Hat Bandit" responsible for 19 area robberies in 10 months was handed $10,000 in reward money from law enforcement this afternoon - but said he had to give up his job to collect it.
Steven Gomez, a 21-year-old junior at Rutgers University, said his employer told him he had to forfeit the job if he took the money publicly. Gomez said he chose to leave the bank and portrayed his departure as a forced resignation rather than being fired. [full story]
Really, what kind of policy is that? You can't accept monetary rewards for helping the police? Yeah, way to encourage "community" there, BofA.
Posted by mikey at 02:16 PM. Filed under: Hello, fodder •
