Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20120319:10:56:00
But on february 29th betty got this note from her bank. >> date of death, 7-20-11. >> reporter: it might seem funny, but the feds called betty dead and demanded repayment of $16,953 in retirement money. and following the law, betty's bank sent it to them. >> first they had to go to my checking account. and there wasn't enough money in that. so they found that i had a money market account. and they took what they needed out of that. >> reporter: it was all a mistake. no one reported betty dead. someone somewhere pushed the wrong button. and that alarms family and friends. >> i had a real proble...