Legal Question in Business Law in Illinois

Direct deposite

What do you do if your company has put $60,000 more in your account on direct deposit than you are owed - can they take it back?


Asked on 3/12/08, 12:11 pm

4 Answers from Attorneys
Patrick Tracy Patrick J. Tracy, Esq, P.E.,

Re: Direct deposit

In general the answer in most cases is yes. It depends on your agreement with the company with regard to direct deposit. In the bigger question, issues arise related to criminal fraud that I cannot answer at this time.

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Answered on 3/12/08, 12:18 pm
John Steele Steele Law Firm

Re: Direct deposite

If you do not deserve it they can

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Answered on 3/12/08, 1:31 pm
Thomas Moens Moens Law Offices, Chartered

Re: Direct deposit

The fact that you are asking the question indicates you already know the answer. If they do not take it back, you have a legal as well as an ethical duty to return it.

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Answered on 3/12/08, 5:13 pm

Re: Direct deposite

Yes, absent an indication that you earend it or that it was intended as a gift. If you wish to keep your job, I suggest that you notify the company of the mistake.

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Answered on 3/12/08, 6:51 pm


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