Sak Yiengjuntuek, who owns Lemongrass Thai Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, tells PEOPLE it was “the right thing to do”
NEED TO KNOW
- Sak Yiengjuntuek found $12,000 in cash hidden in a cabinet while cleaning his restaurant after a fire closure
- He tracked down the previous owner, who had left the money behind, and learned the man was battling cancer
- Yiengjuntuek tells PEOPLE returning the money was “the right thing to do” and has received praise from his community
A Thai restaurant owner in Myrtle Beach, S.C., made a surprising discovery in his establishment.
Sak Yiengjuntuek, who acquired Lemongrass Thai Restaurant in April 2025, found $12,000 in cash stashed in a cabinet left behind from the eatery’s previous owner.
Yiengjuntuek’s restaurant had been forced to close for several months due to a fire at the neighboring Wholesale Furniture Gallery. When the power was eventually turned back on, and he was cleaning up, he found the money in a sunglasses case while moving a cabinet…