Someone found my mate's mobile in a theater. The finder used my mate's Uber account to return his mobile to his address (which was in the mobile). At first my mate was very grateful and gave the person £10 for returning the mobile. Then my mate later found out that the finder had spent £50 on...
Everyone uses the words "find, keep, accept, etc." It's stealing, theft. It's not your money and should be left in it's place or returned to it's owner.
Soon you'll be "finding, keeping, accepting" money in other people's homes.
What's more important? The way that they were able to find the guy who stole the money or the fact that the person stole the money and made no attempt to return it? What difference does it make how they discovered the man and that he had taken the money and not tried to return it. If they had...
Why? Just because the woman was not grateful for your effort does not make it the wrong thing to do. Maybe something happened to her, more bad luck, and she wasn't able to reward you for doing what you should have done in the first place.
If the person had £1600 in his wallet then maybe he would have more money in a bank account. I would try and find an arab person who could translate where this person lives, saying I was trying to contact him, then I would try and get money out of his bank account. What's the difference...