Apocalypse game: the ATM that dispensed $100s instead of $5s
A Kansas woman, Christina Ochoa, and her mother Christie face a Central National Bank lawsuit after 50+ withdrawals from a faulty Wichita ATM that dispensed $100 bills instead of $5s — the bank wants $11,607.36 back, claiming she received $14,120 when she should have gotten $14.85. The women claim they were gathering $5 bills for a 'money cake' gift and have receipts showing fives. The hosts call the theft blatant but turn the verdict on the bank: an ATM cannot tell which bills it dispenses, which one host declares an actual sign the end is near — 'we put an entire bank in a three by three machine, and then we can't tell what kind of money we spent out of it.' Jane switches her vote too.
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Dear LFTP: the stolen college fund and telling the 90-year-olds
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Dear LFTP: the inheritance and the controlling husband
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