Submitted by felinefireghost t3_yfsyir in personalfinance
My fiancé received a direct deposit that wasn’t his, he knew because he hadn’t worked that many hours. He contacted the staffing agency about it and they told him it was an error and to return the money in cash or Zelle it to an employee. His concern is the fact that it’s going to show up on his taxes, as they are asking for literal cash or Zelle to a private person. He’s escalated the issue to the branch manager who is telling him the same thing. He doesn’t intend to keep or spend the money, he just doesn’t want it to affect his taxes and giving cash/Zelle to an individual at the branch seems like a shady way of handling such an epic mistake. What do we do?
Edit: it wasn’t just an incorrect deposit, they actually created a paystub saying he worked the hours they paid him for.