Centrelink is helping the Gillard Government to balance the budget by recovering $# BILLION in overpayments. This is a case study outlines how Centrelink intimidated an age pensioner into making repayments that under the 6 Week Rule, Centrelink was legally required to write off! The case of "Tom Hanks" provides insight into how this bureaucratic rip-off (extortion) works and viewers are provided with information about how to deal with the problem if they are targetted by Centrelink.