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Chase ‘free money glitch’ turns out to be the same old story

Scene from Catch Me If You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from Catch Me If You Can. Photo: DreamWorks SKG/Getty Images

Viral TikTok video provides a new twist on check fraud.

Many new ideas turn out to be old ideas in new packaging, and this proved to be the case with what has entered folklore as the Chase free money glitch. A TikTok video that went viral, claiming to provide a way of getting “free money” from Chase bank, turned out

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