The strangest part, however? A 2018 payment sporting an eggplant emoji in its "note" section. As anyone who has used Venmo can attest, putting silly emojis and other goofy missives on payments to ...

One of the men in charge of running America's money had a Venmo account so public that reporters were able to track his payments going back years — including the one marked only with an eggplant emoji ...