During Labor Day weekend, a TikTok trend known as the “Chase glitch” suddenly began making the rounds.
Somehow, people were convinced that writing themselves bad checks for huge sums of money and then quickly withdrawing the funds (before the check officially bounced) was a “glitch” or key to getting free cash.
Individuals who participated in this ill-fated TikTok trend are quickly learning there was no real “Chase glitch.” There was also never a secret loophole for people to print money out of thin air.
Instead, as pointed out by the bank itself and various TikTok users, everyone who exploited the so-called “glitch” actually just committed (felony) check fraud. Days after the bad checks inevitably bounced, “Chase glitch” participants found their checking accounts frozen and overdrawn.
Now, the bank is also reporting them to law enforcement.
Major charges coming down the pipeline
In the aftermath of this trend, TikTokers took to the platform, warning that folks who wrote themselves bad checks and then seized the funds would be facing federal charges.
