D.C. withdraws money from hundreds of taxpayers' bank accounts due to 'computer error'

Washington Post ^ | March 10, 2016 | Shawn Boburg

[kevcol]

The unintentional withdrawals are the latest embarrassment for an agency that has tried to make improvements after years of criticism amid high-profile improprieties and questions about how well it safeguards taxpayers' financial information.
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It took several calls to his bank before he found out that the D.C. government had cleaned out the account — leaving him with an overdraft fee.

"The money was basically stolen from me. You expect this from the bad guys," he said. "You don't expect this from your government."

[kevcol]

"You don't expect this from your government."

well...maybe you don't.

[mabelkitty]

That was funny.

[Oldexpat]

Why were they dumb enough to give bank info to the govt?

[dfwgator]

"The money was basically stolen from me. You expect this from the bad guys," he said. "You don't expect this from your government."

Talk about being naive.

[Cementjungle]

Probably testing out the new software the establishment in Washington plans to use in December if Trump wins the election. Tens of thousands of government “workers” will suddenly become wealthy, resign and retire to a sunny Caribbean island.

[VRWCRick]

D.C. - District of Crime

Nothing new here.

[dforest]

Yeah, there is no difference. LOL

[wrench]

If you have direct deposit or automatic payment set up, it can happen to you. Good luck chasing your money down.

[Scrambler Bob]

And they want Apple’s source code.

To do skillful things with it ... right.

[NohSpinZone]

No f’ing way I’d let these clowns have withdrawal privileges directly from any of my accounts. I render unto Caesar but I make the payments myself.

[Lazamataz]

"The money was basically stolen from me. You expect this from the bad guys," he said. "You don't expect this from your government."

The government IS the bad guys.

[Iron Munro]

people who had previously authorized electronic bank ­withdrawals

Right there is the problem.

Giving anyone or any entity (especially government) access to your bank account is something a wise and cautious person would never do.

"We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean we are wrong."

[Pontiac]

"The money was basically stolen from me. You expect this from the bad guys," he said. "You don't expect this from your government."

I guess he has heard about ObamaCare.

Don’t pay your ObamaCare bill. They just raid your bank account.

[Boomer One]

Mistake or trial run?

[Sacajaweau]

Have always said that the object of Obamacare was to get access to all your accounts, assets etc. and that insurance cr** was just the mo.

[PAR35]

There are reasons I don’t let anyone suck money out of my accounts. While a direct depositor may reverse a transaction, leaving you in a bind, if anyone without authorization sucked money out of my account, I’d look to the bank to make it good, and let them chase whoever they wanted to.

A lot more efficient than having to chase the wrongdoer yourself.

[Iron Munro]

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION in action!

[butlerweave]

Mistake or trial run?

yes trial run

[SunkenCiv]

Probably a Samsung Pay glitch. ;')

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[rawcatslyentist]

Error? The CIC is an ID THIEF!

It's what ID thieves do!