ABC News A 29-year-old Minnesota man who says he was trying to spread holiday cheer by tossing 1,000 dollar bills over an upper floor railing at the Mall of America has been cited for disorderly conduct.
Serge Vorobyov, of Apple Valley, admitted throwing his “last $1,000” from the fourth floor on Friday as a choir performed “Let it Snow.” Vorobyov said he also kept tossing cash as he continued down the escalator.
Vorobyov said he’s going through a divorce, lost his car hauling business and hoped the positivity of throwing the money would come back to him.
“I wanted to do some sort of pay it forward kind of thing,” Vorobyov said Sunday.
He invited his estranged wife to try to win her back but she didn’t show up, he said.
Instead, Vorobyov was cited by Bloomington police and released at the scene. He also was ordered not to go into the mall for a year.
Vorobyov had stamped the bills with his YouTube address and on his Facebook page he called the event a publicity stunt. When asked why he wanted the publicity, he said he wanted his cat back from his estranged wife.
Mall of America spokeswoman Sarah Schmidt said it’s the first time anyone has ever done something like that in the mall. She said Vorobyov disrupted the performance and could’ve caused a serious situation.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-cited-tossing-cash-mall-america-21063563
OMG! Money falling from the sky! It must be a TERRORIST!!! How dare he throw money from the sky. Only bankers can give money away. If you want to give money away, you must have a tax receipt, a permit, permission from the bank and Federal Reserve, as well as a permit from the mall stating when, where, how and why you are doing it, and if you will be wearing gloves, as we want to make sure his fingers are clean, so we can make sure no one in the crowd gets sick or injured by the falling paper and so that no one sues the mall over paper cuts that they received while trying to catch the fiat currency. Also, a percentage of that money must be submitted to the mall executives and security officers beforehand.
By the way, Merry FRIGGIN Christmas!!! God help us all!!!
Makes me think that the guy was just making a mockery as to the worthlessness of money.