No thumprint, no cash, says bank to man with no arms
A Florida bank refused to cash a check for a man with no arms because he couldn’t provide a thumbprint. Steve Valdez, who wears prosthetic arms, says that even though he produced two forms of photo ID, bank officials refused to let him draw a check on his wife’s account. Bank of America later apologized.
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