Foreign workers living outside the United States were mistakenly sent $1,200 stimulus checks that were spent stimulating other economies around the world.

A tax firm told NPR that it had clients in 129 countries receive a stimulus check from the federal government. Thousands of other foreign workers living outside of the U.S. also received the payment, which was supposed to be used by families to buy goods and services in their communities to help pump money into companies struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.