Wednesday, October 19, 2022

A season ticket owner with the Washington Commanders won a team raffle but the check bounced

CBS:

a season ticket holder, tweeted at the team twice to find out what was going on when he didn't hear back from them after winning the raffle. He eventually received a FedEx Envelope with a check for $14,822 -- half of the $29,645 pool -- on Oct. 13. Days after attempting to deposit the check in his credit union, the fan was told the check had bounced and he was left with a $15 bad check fee.

After that story [was covered on television], a Commanders spokesperson confirmed go to WUSA9 that the check did not clear.

"We reached out directly to the fan as soon as we learned about it and have wired the money directly to his account, and apologized for the inconvenience"