Recovering duplicate payments

[kenwood]

Heres the situation. My accounting department appears to have paid a vendor twice for the same work. Payments were for a labor only job. Payments were not made by check, but by ACH and wire transfer directly into the vendors bank account. This was done about 20 months ago. A recent audit has just uncovered the error. Vendor claims to have only been paid once, and says they do not have the additional monies, about 93K. This mistake is completely our companies fault, the banks did nothing wrong they moved the money as directed by us. What if anything can we do to attempt to recover this money? We have been still using this vendor for work and don't want to harm the relationship if possible.

 

[dee_dub]

You ask for the money back, you get your bank statements showing that he was paid twice and show them to him, and if he doesn't pay you back, you sue him. Good luck not damaging the relationship, but it seems he'd rather have the 93K than your ongoing business.

 

[Absolutacid]

Wow you must have a team of brain dead monkeys working your accounting department. A double payment to the tune of 93K are you serious? Well for starters fire everyone in your accounting department. Next file a suit under the legal theory of "unjust enrichment"

Unjust enrichment occurs when one party benefits at the mistake of another..

Good Luck, and try to be more careful on who you hire in the future..

Ross-