Alleged ‘Trump Bucks’ Elder Scam Puts Balkan Pair in FBI Sights

US authorities say they thwarted an overseas scheme to trick supporters of President Donald Trump into buying bogus “Trump Bucks” on the promise that they could be exchanged for legal tender.

Two citizens of North Macedonia hoodwinked buyers, many of them senior citizens, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling the fictitious financial instruments, according to the US attorney’s office in Manhattan. The pair were indicted on wire fraud charges but remain at large, prosecutors said Wednesday in a statement.

Images of some of the Trump Bucks products provided by the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office.

Source: US Attorney’s Office

“Trump Bucks” were sold online and through encrypted message apps, including Telegram, and came in a ...