You can simply tell them that you didn't realize that you were overpaid and you spent the money. But since you now know you want to pay back but all you have is cc the cash was spent.
I tried. The guy said CC is not an option. He wants a check. .
But you don't have the money. Now what?
People are having hard times finding jobs nowadays. Just comply with their requests. It's not your money, they asked for it back, you knew this was coming, just give it back. It's not worth your time, effort, and most importantly, your wife's job.
I agree. I'm sure it would have been nice to been able to hold on to the extra cash. And I hope you put it aside knowing this might happen. But they realized and it's their money. You tried to at least get some points out of it. That didn't work either. The end.
I say HUCA just a few times as everyone said you don't want her to loose her job over a few K of points