kept getting paid after bing fired

[remy21]

What is the name of your state? Texas

I was fired from my job where i was getting a 50 dollar a month check for parking. After my employement was terminated i continued to recieve these checks and countinued to cash them, now they want me to send them the total amount in less than 2 weeks or i will be "sued" for it. i have two questions, one, do i have to pay this back, and two, can i pay it back in installments, they way i received this. This is both a tax write of for them and non taxable to me, i dont know if that matters. Any help would be helpful.

 

[cbg]

Yes, they can demand it back and you have to pay them. You knew you were not entitled to continue receiving this money - you have no right to keep it.

You can ask them to accept installments, but they have no legal obligation to agree.

 

[justvisiting]

I can't believe you're serious with this question. You knew you weren't entitled to the money - you were no longer employed there and you certainly weren't parking there. If you had sent the first check back with a note you wouldn't have the problem of wanting to make "installment payments".

Just another example of someone thinking they can get something for nothing. You got caught.