New Owner Finds $15,535 in Former Janet Napoles Beverly Hills House

Former Napoles house in Beverly Hills, CA where the money was found

12/04/2015 – Beverly Hills | When $15,535 was discovered hidden in the drawer of former Janet Napoles’ home in Beverly Hills on October 12, a dispute as to who rightfully owned the money quickly broke out.

The new owner who found the cash – hidden inside one of the master’s bedroom secret drawers – thought she could keep it while the real estate agent argued she should have at least half of the money.

But neither of the two parties won the windfall after an LA court ruled that the money should be returned to the former house owner, Janet Napoles who hid the money in her cabinet’s lower drawer before going back to Philippines and got arrested.

The battle for money did not is not yet over though. Stephanie Greene, a single mother of two and a private attorney, who bought the house from online auction contested the court ruling.

Greene said the money has no way to return to the owner because Napoles is in jail and the source of money is questionable so she should be the rightful owner. Because the money is found inside her house which she legally owns after paying it full for $1,286.00, she should have it.

San Mateo Estates, the realtor who sold the house on the other hand is claiming the same – that the company has the right because it was not included in the sale of the house.

California Judge Steven Toreto asked both parties to forget about the money because no has the right to own it. If the former house owner couldn’t get it, the judge will rule out giving the money to Philippine National Red Cross.

Greene hired someone to check the whole house for possible hidden fortune and it was reported that the worker found some low-to-high value jewelries and some other dollar and Philippine peso bills of unspecified amount.

See Also: Janet Napoles is Among Wealthiest Asian Women

/Catherine Jones/ Assisted Press California

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