• Venia Silente@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Technically if some idiot hands you one of those, you can have them citizen-arrested for counterfeiting money, right?

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      1 year ago

      > citizen-arrested

      Don’t do this. In almost every case it’s technically illegal imprisonment – leaving you at the mercy of a prosecutor.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe, but also only if it’s trying to be used as cash. Trying to pay for groceries, meal, depositing it at a bank, etc. would be an issue. Leaving it as a tip, while a scummy thing to do, isn’t on the same ballpark since it’s not an agreed upon transaction (i.e. no price for a tip is agreed upon by the parties), and you’d have to prove intent to pass it off as cash and not just a flyer/pamphlet.

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        1 year ago

        , and you’d have to prove intent to pass it off as cash and not just a flyer/pamphlet.

        If they left it in the tip jar / tip tray, it’s patent intent.