A MAN who threw a thousand dollars cash into a crowded shopping mall has seen his generosity rewarded with arrest and a charge of disorderly conduct.

Serge Vorobyov said he made the gesture to make up for a rough year and to help others out on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally one of America’s busiest shopping days.

Vorobyov dropped the money from the fourth floor of the Mall of America in Minneapolis into the rotunda below.

He timed his act to coincide with a choir in the rotunda performing the Christmas song “Let It Snow”.

Referring to his tough year in a Youtube Vlog explaining the incident Vorobyov said: “I went through a horrible divorce, and she even took the cat and won’t tell me where it is. I thought I would just spread some holiday cheer … pay it forward.”

Sadly for Vorobyov the local police didn’t see it that way.

Saying that the money drop could have caused a major disturbance resulting in injury at the mall - America’s largest - they arrested him and charged him with disorderly conduct.

