World of the Bizarre

Rhode Island checks signed by Mickey Mouse

By T.K. Randall
August 3, 2020

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) When tax refund recipients in Rhode Island received their checks recently, they expected to see the signature of a local official such as state treasurer Seth Magaziner or state controller Peter Keenan.

Instead, they found that the checks had been signed by either Mickey Mouse or Walt Disney, both of which being somewhat ineligible to sign such a document owing to the fact that one of them is dead and the other is a cartoon mouse.

Unsurprisingly, the unusual checks couldn't be cashed and were declared null and void.According to reports, the peculiar signatures had been part of the Rhode Island Division of Taxation's internal test printings and had been left on the checks by mistake.

Jade Borgeson, chief of staff for Rhode Island's Department of Revenue, told CNN that efforts were now being made to contact those affected and to reissue the checks in question.

"The division is continuing to proactively contact impacted taxpayers to remedy the error, and apologizes for any inconvenience the error may have caused," she said.

The I-Team's @NBC10_Parker reports that technical error is to blame for Rhode Island refund checks signed by "Mickey Mouse." https://t.co/T5f7frKgAU

— NBC 10 WJAR (@NBC10) July 30, 2020

Source: Gizmodo

Tags: Disney