August 21, 1995: $95,000 Junk Mail Check - Patrick Combs

Patrick Combs, a San Francisco author, joins Art Bell to tell the astonishing true story of how he deposited a junk mail check for $95,093.35 into his First Interstate Bank ATM as a joke and watched the money appear in his account. What began as a prank, like depositing Monopoly money, escalated into a genuine legal standoff when the bank credited the full amount without question. Combs explains that after researching banking law, he discovered three separate legal grounds supporting his claim… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/august-21-1995-95000-junk-mail-check-patrick-combs