Ever play Scruples, the game of moral dilemmas?

What do you do in this situation: It’s a couple weeks before Christmas, when everybody could use some extra money. While visiting the ATM, you spy a wad of cash on the ground that someone, somehow, had left behind.

How much?

Let’s say $762.

So what do you do?

According to the Warwick police, this is what Anthony Saccoccia, of Warwick, did in this situation on Saturday:

He tried to return the money to the Greenwood Credit Union, on Post Road, which was closed. Then he checked a neighboring business, also closed.

So he took the money home and called the police. “We picked it up, brought it in and tagged it as evidence,” said police Lt. Thomas Hannon.

The police will follow up with the credit union to try to figure out how the money got there, and to whom it belongs. They will seek to examine surveillance video and will ask the credit union to review withdrawal records, Hannon said.

Under the law, the money will go into an interest-earning account for six months, he said. If the police cannot locate the rightful owner in that time, the cash will be transferred to the general fund that pays for city services, he said.

Saccoccia could not be reached yesterday.

marsenau@projo.com