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Federal prosecutors say two North Macedonia residents helped run a Trump Bucks fraud that sold fake legal-tender-style products and other bogus merchandise to victims across the country. The case shows how easily the Trump name can be turned into a counterfeit sales pitch.
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Federal prosecutors say two North Macedonia residents helped run a Trump Bucks fraud that sold fake legal-tender-style products and other bogus merchandise to victims across the country. The case shows how easily the Trump name can be turned into a counterfeit sales pitch.
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Federal prosecutors say two North Macedonia residents helped run a Trump Bucks fraud that sold fake legal-tender-style products and other bogus merchandise to victims across the country. The case shows how easily the Trump name can be turned into a counterfeit sales pitch.
Federal prosecutors in New York say two North Macedonian nationals sold fake ‘Trump Bucks’ and related products to victims across the U.S. in a scheme that allegedly ran from 2023 through the present.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say two North Macedonia nationals were charged in an alleged scheme that falsely claimed “Trump Bucks” were tied to Donald Trump, his family, the Trump Organization and Trump administration figures.
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