A
mother who says Walmart employees intentionally humiliated her after
wrongfully ripping up two of her $100 bills while believing they were
fake is taking legal
action against the store.
In her recently filed complaint, Julia Garcia is seeking no more than
$74,900 in damages after detained for four hours before customers in
San Antonio, Texas who were told she tried to use fake money. She says
that the bill wasn’t actually tested by a counterfeit detection pen
until after it was ripped, though that pen’s result was either misread
or ignored by the cashier.
‘The cashier proceeded to rip the $100 bill in half without
performing any counterfeit detection tests. The metallic strip in the
$100 bill was clearly visible.’ After marking the bill with the
detection pen, revealing a yellowish color across it, Garcia said she
explained to the cashier of that color meaning it was legitimate, having
previously worked in
retail herself.
The employee proceeded to call a manager over who identified himself as
Russell. At this time Garcia said she took out a second $100 bill, which
according to her, was immediately taken and ripped up as well by the
man. WTH!
Detained at the front of the store while told the police had been
called, Ms Garcia claims that adding to her humiliation, the employees
told curious customers in passing that she was busted trying to use fake
money. After two hours at the front, police arrived and proceeded to
inspect the bills in question. Following a series of tests the first
responding officer, identified as Officer Edwards, returned to Garcia
telling her that what the Walmart
employee and manager had done was a ‘terrible mistake.’
SOURCE: DM
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