Black woman, 71, sues after bank workers allegedly refuse to cash five-figure jackpot check

Three white employees at a Fifth Third Bank in Michigan would not process, and initially would not return, what they told Lizzie Pugh was a fraudulent check.

In what her attorney refers to as “banking while Black,” a 71-year-old Black retiree has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging three white bank employees in Michigan refused to return what they believed to be a fraudulent five-figure lottery check she tried to process.

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