My question involves collection proceedings in the state of: NE
I feel I have wronged by DHHS. Back in March I received a letter from them stating I owed them $1700.00 in food stamp over payments from 8/14-01/15. I called a case worker and asked why? the worker looked up my account and told me they made a mistake and reduced it to $588.00. I appealed it. When I had my case before a judge,by phone. The case worker representing DHHS had no clue how the $588.00 got there,and he didn't have record of the initial $1700.00 demand letter. So he went for the $588.00. The judge ruled in favor for the $588.00, then a few days later I got the demand letter again for the $1700.00. They added it to the $588.00. So now I owe them $2288.00.
The rep for dhhs made up a false page for the 588.00 to cover his butt. I have proof. I contested and the judge said that the figures didn't add up (there was another page with minus amounts, it was confusing) and ruled in my favor. Well dhhs appealed. A supervisor was brought into the mix with "revised figures" to clean up the mistakes the case worker made. Now I owe $2354.00. Iwasn't allowed to revert to documents from the 2 previous hearings. "That case was closed." Of course the supervisor made everything neat and tidy by "revising" figures so that it adds up on paper.
This has been such a shady and devious bunch of bs I am sick to my stomach. In order to pursue this matter, I've been told I have to file in judicial district court. This is so not fair. The fact they can mess with people by a system designed to help those in need. Also, the over payments were due to administrative errors. They stated that in there paperwork.
I want to pursue this. It's so not fair that they can do this to people.

