Wells Fargo fires a man for using fake dime to run washing machine 50 years ago
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The 68-year-old Eggers was fired by the company's home mortgage division in West Des Moines, Iowa, in July for a petty crime he committed nearly 50 years ago. He got caught using a cardboard cutout of a dime to run a laundromat washing machine when he was 19.Officially, the crime is called operating a coin changing machine by false means, court records from 1963 say.
A 'nickel-and-dime' crime almost 50 years ago gets 68-year-old employee fired - CNN.com