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Trump’s crown checks accidentally land in Austria
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Help from the American crown for the Austrians and the dead
Shameful data breach in the crown crisis. Checks signed by US President Donald Trump to combat the economic fallout have now reached several Austrians. Checks were also issued to the dead.
The United States government issued checks for $ 1,200 to millions of Americans to help them with the Corona crisis. Due to a data breach, more than 100 of them were sent to Austrians, which they luckily redeemed.
VChecks signed by US President Donald Trump to combat the economic fallout from the Corona crisis have landed on many Austrians. More than 100 checks of this type for $ 1,200 each (about 1,000 euros) have been cashed at banks, according to the ORF. One of the beneficiaries is a pensioner from Linz in Upper Austria who once worked for a short period in the US At first he thought it was a bad joke, the man described on the ORF news program “ZiB2 “Monday night. The bank had verified the authenticity of the check and, shortly after, had the money in the account.
The reason for the cash blessing could be a data breach with the US authorities. The US government had sent many checks intended to help with the coronavirus crisis. US citizens with an annual salary of up to $ 75,000 received checks for $ 1,200 and working couples with salaries of up to $ 150,000 received checks for more than $ 2,400. Payments to more than a million deaths were also made in error. Apparently, the Ministry of Finance and the tax authorities had not compared her data with the death reports of the social security authorities before sending the aid checks.
In the case of the Linz pensioner, a good part of the money could go back to the United States. When travel restrictions drop, she will finally vacation there again, she announced.
