As bona fides that it's not meant to be a political post, the article contain the following:
However, it follows the archetypal scam blueprint and marks trying to cash in their worthless documents at real banks.No evidence suggests the alleged scammers are connected to Trump or his re-election campaign.
John Amann told NBC News he bought $2,200 worth of Trump Bucks and other items over the past year only to discover they were worthless when he tried to cash them in at his local bank.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tr ... -rcna84965Repeated attempts to reach representatives for the companies by phone and email were unsuccessful. But Bank of America spokesman Bill Halldin said he’s heard reports from bank employees of customers coming in to exchange their Trump Bucks for actual cash, but the bank routinely turns them down.
“It’s hard to put a number on how many people have come in,” Halldin said when asked for more specifics about who these people are and where they are located.
I created it as another thread so that it's easier to move to another section, or even delete if anyone feels it crosses the line without affecting existing threads.