N.M. Unemployment Recipients Told to Pay Back Money

From koat.com -Target 7 has learned that unemployed New Mexicans who were receiving unemployment checks for months are now being asked to pay that money back because their former employers contested their claims. When father-of-two Toby Villanueva started receiving unemployment benefits, he never anticipated the nightmare that was to come.  "I just continued getting it, then it ran out, then I filed for an extension and kept getting it," Villanueva said.  For months, the two New Mexicans received thousands of dollars from the unemployment office until a jaw-dropping letter. The letter said their employers were protesting their claims  "I would have found other ways to pay my bills and feed the kids and everything else," Villanueva said.  More News New Mexico

N.M. Unemployment Recipients Told to Pay Back Money