Benefits October 29, 2007
Nebraska Man Ordered to Pay Back $246,000 in Pension Payments
October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in
Omaha, Nebraska has ordered that a man return pension
payments that was mistakenly deposited in his mother's
account after she died, the Associated Press
reported.
Reported by Adrien Martin
According to the news report, Peter Brinker must pay back about $246,000 to the Omaha Public Schools (OPS). Brinker’s mother, Winifred, worked as a fifth-grade school teacher and retired in 1980, after 17 years.
Her pension from OPS averaged about $6,000 a year, and when she died in 1988, the district continued to funnel payments into her account until it discovered the mistake in April.
The district then filed a lawsuit to recover the retirement money. Judge Gary Randall ruled that Brinker’s son would have to repay the full pension payments plus interest.
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