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It's similar enough to a real bill for the distributors to be charged under 18 U.S. Code § 475 (Imitating US notes for advertising).
I believe if you were to take this to your bank and tell them that someone tipped you this and you just want to check it it's counterfeit or real, the FBI would suddenly be involved
US Secret Service is in charge of counterfeiting investigations, not the FBI.
It doesn't look close enough to a real bill. The person on the counter would probably just say they will get someone involved and then throw it away and do nothing.
It doesn't look close enough to a real bill for the bank/Secret Service to care about. I've seen someone charged with counterfeit money when they had the movie money that literally says "This is not real money, it is for cinematic purposes only" on the back. Cops and DAs can fuck you twice over.
Have they ever charged those churchs who hand out chic tracks on fake folded 50s?
I thought at first that's what this was - one of those stupid Jesus tracts that look like a $20, because apparently, SaViNg YoUr SoUl Is ThE bEsT tIp Of AlL!1!
Those don't look enough like real money to be illegal. These do.
It is remarkably close to a real bill. If not for the numbers being obviously wrong, I can imagine someone mistaking this for a real bill.
A year 2024 bill denomination? Doubtful. Courts have long protected the right of parody money as long as it was clear that it's not real. And making a bill that doesn't have a dollar amount on it and is clearly political speech would likely be protected.
Yeah but they are leaving it in place of actual money. IF you found a LEO who wanted to fuck the tippers day up it could probably be used as grounds for an arrest because its being used in place of money. Wether a charge would stick or not would entirely depend on the judge.
Kind of like how walking around with tiny baggies full of baby powder is legal, selling them and claiming its coke isnt. If you try to pass something that looks like money off as money...
Except a tip isn't a contractual transaction, so there's nothing illegal happening. They just left a clickbaity political flyer. There's no difference between leaving this and leaving Chick Tracts, other than this one makes you double take before throwing it out.
If they tried to pay for the meal with it, there'd be a legal problem since they're trying to pass it off as money.
I'm sure a LEO with a friendly judge could duck the tippers day up. But cops "don't vote Democrat" (Jack Reacher quote), and they can in almost every jurisdiction, just pull you over and beat you up if they want to run your day.
And eiize your car and all your money with no due process.
Because the car "did something illegal" or some other bullshit nonsense that civil asset forfeiture permits.