Job Center Pankow: Sudden demand for 16 years - Paul is horrified!

Job Center Pankow: Sudden demand for 16 years - Paul is horrified!

Pankow, Deutschland - A shocking incident in the Pankow district of Berlin makes headlines! The job center calls for a former Hartz IV recipient, Paul*, completely surprisingly 380 euros-after an incredible 16 years! The error goes back to a deposit payment for a move that was already made in 2008. Paul cannot even remember that there were still open demands and initially considers the letter to be a joke. "How can that be? A decision that was 16 years ago?" He asks outraged.

The job center uses drastic measures instead and threatens to attach them without responding to Paul's questions. He critically notes that the authority only raises such claims after years if those affected usually no longer have any documents. According to the law, claims generally become statute -barred after four years - a point that the job center apparently ignores. Paul demands more transparency and is frustrated with the handling of the authority with such wonderfully uncomfortable topics. The case is exemplary for the problems with which many recipients of citizen benefit are faced. More on this and the details of this scandal can be found at www.focus.de .