- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
I used to receive SSI benefits and that stopped in 2015. I called SSA multiple times to tell them I'm working and to stop my benefits and they never did. Eventually I typed a letter and handed it to someone at my local office and I told them I received $4,398 in benefits after I started working. A few weeks later they finally acknowledged I've been overpaid $4,398. I paid it back over 3 separate checks at 3 different dates. The first check was $2,000, then $500, then $1,898. In April 2016 I received a letter from SSA saying I was paid in full. I kept that letter saying I was paid in full but that's it, I threw most of my other SSA paperwork away. I no longer have the bank accounts I had back in 2015.
Almost 7 years later on December 30th, 2021, my parents (not me) received a letter on my behalf saying I owe SSA $2,000. After numerous phone calls, they told me my $2,000 check from July 2015 bounced in April 2016, 9 months after I wrote that check out and gave it to them. I filed a "request for reconsideration" but it was denied 2 weeks ago. They said the paid in full letter was a mistake on their behalf and won't honor it. They also told me someone tried making a failed/denied $2,000 credit card payment to SSA in my name in 2019 when that is not true. I did nothing with SSA from 2016 thru 2021.
I'm thinking about requesting the admin judge hearing but I would like to gather more information first. I tried calling the banks I did business with 7 years ago but they all said they no longer have records for that year.
What can I do?
Is there a statue of limitation of time SSI can collect?
Almost 7 years later on December 30th, 2021, my parents (not me) received a letter on my behalf saying I owe SSA $2,000. After numerous phone calls, they told me my $2,000 check from July 2015 bounced in April 2016, 9 months after I wrote that check out and gave it to them. I filed a "request for reconsideration" but it was denied 2 weeks ago. They said the paid in full letter was a mistake on their behalf and won't honor it. They also told me someone tried making a failed/denied $2,000 credit card payment to SSA in my name in 2019 when that is not true. I did nothing with SSA from 2016 thru 2021.
I'm thinking about requesting the admin judge hearing but I would like to gather more information first. I tried calling the banks I did business with 7 years ago but they all said they no longer have records for that year.
What can I do?
Is there a statue of limitation of time SSI can collect?
