Transit agency sues former cleaner mistakenly paid $620,000 in massive payroll blunder

• The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority filed a civil lawsuit against a former station cleaner to recover $620,000 in overtime pay mistakenly deposited.
• MARTA spent five months trying to resolve the issue directly and recover the funds before filing suit.
• Both the former janitor and the employee responsible for the clerical accounting mistake are no longer employed by the agency.
• Legal experts noted that Georgia law entitles MARTA to recover accidental overpayments and described the magnitude of the error as extraordinary.
• In response, MARTA updated staff training and strengthened internal administrative controls to prevent future payroll errors.

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Atlanta tries to recoup $600,000 it overpaid a cleaner