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A watchdog group is going after Chinese coffee company, Luckin Coffee.
They say you should be able to pay cash when ordering coffee at Luckin's New York locations due to New York's cash acceptance laws for food and beverages, rather than be forced to download the company's app to place orders.
Shawn Marshall has more information.
At Luckin Coffee's New York City locations, you cannot pay with cash, even if that's all you have.
This policy can exclude customers who don't own a smartphone, lack reliable data service, or prefer not to share personal data.
Or, if you would like to keep your data private from Chinese-owned companies, as the FBI advised United States citizens to do on March 31st, 2026.
Though the FBI did not mention Luckin specifically.
What we're hoping to do with our organization, Bold Action for Freedom, what we're trying to do is highlight the various threats that are invading our country as a result of communist China's efforts.
And what we're hoping is that enough people get attention on this Luckin Coffee app, where we can get people mobilized and get more involved in terms of understanding all the other threats that communist China is posing for America's national security.
Coffee is a Chinese company, so under China's national security laws,
companies are required to cooperate with state intelligence requests.
At Luckin's brick-and-mortar stores, you must use their app to order.
Tony Zelinsky, a former lawyer and politician, is challenging this for second time.
I'll tell you there's two things that have changed for sure.
One is Luckin Coffee went from two stores in New York to about 11 stores now.
So, they're spreading very, very rapidly.
The other thing that's uh good news is the FBI has issued a warning to um to residents in America to not download
the Chinese app because that could be, you know, harmful in terms of uh the communist China regime gaining access to your data or possibly even installing malware that could cause your your device to malfunction.
This is because on March 21st, 2026, a New York general business law went into effect prohibiting most food stores and retail establishments from refusing cash payments.
Their charge or goal at the time was to help address inequities that exist amongst people that don't have credit cards or don't have smartphones.
And so, um I saw how this could be applicable to the situation with Luckin Coffee.
And to to no surprise, Luckin Coffee still is requiring people to download the app.
So, I went into the uh Luckin Coffee shop, asked to buy with cash, they refused. I filed a complaint
with the um with the state that Luckin Coffee is in violation of legislation that they recently passed.
And I received a notice from the state indicating that they're going to communicate once again with Luckin Coffee that they must follow state laws.
Now, I went in again because it was like a few weeks since since that time, and I again they refused.
So, I filed filed it up with another complaint, and I said, "Look, they're still not complying with state law."
Now, the penalty is, because they're not complying with state law, the penalty the first time is $1,000 fine.
Second time is up to $1,500.
So, um hopefully that catches their attention and they start complying with the law.
The New York cash requirement law mirrors a New York City law that has been in place since 2020.
Luckin has positioned itself as a technology company, arguing its app-based model sets it apart from traditional retailers.
I'll tell you what's really uh ironic here is the fact that in the SEC filings for Luckin Coffee, they indicate that they must follow Chinese law, even if that means sharing individual user users' data and other information with the Chinese communist government.
They put that in their SEC filing.
So, they're complying with Chinese laws, but they're not complying with American laws.
We have an American law says you need to provide cash option.
They thumbed their nose at the American laws and follow the Chinese laws.
And our legislators in Washington, they aren't doing anything about it.
>> We reached out to Luckin Coffee for a statement, but did not get one back in time for this broadcast.
Shawn Marshall, NTD News.
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