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Why suddenly more than 100 Austrians receive a check from Trump
Donald Trump during a speech in Washington (file image). Image: keystone
Checks signed by US President Donald Trump to combat the economic fallout from the Corona crisis have now reached a number of 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.
Reason for the blessing of money It could be a data breach with the US authorities. The US government had sent checks to countless people with the intention of helping with the coronavirus crisis.
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US citizens with an annual salary of up to $ 75,000 received checks for $ 1,200, while working couples with a salary of up to $ 150,000 received $ 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 his data with the death reports of the social security authorities before sending the aid checks.
In the case of the Linz pensioner, a large part of the money will return to the United States. If travel restrictions drop again, she will eventually vacation there again, she announced. (sda / dpa)
By the way: Are you smarter than the American president?
A little hint, if you have already: that was the questionnaire on Sunday that replaced QDH.
