<prompt> Human: First time poster here, but I just received a troubling call from one of my friends and I am looking to help him as much as possible. He just relocated to AZ to start a new job and has been working the past few weeks to save up enough money to put a downpayment on a house. When he went in today to make payment, they advised him he had 0 in his bank account and that it had been wiped clean.Upon looking at his bank account transactions, he noticed the Department of Illinois State Services had taken out the 3k he had saved up, due to him having to pay back the government for what benefits his ex-wife used up while he was paying child support for 8 years. He has now been done with paying child support for almost 2 months. He contacted the number on his bank statement and spoke with someone in customer service that explained to him that all money that was direct deposited into his bank account would be immediately seized by the state of Illinois and would continue to be until he has fully paid them back in full for the amount racked up by his ex-wife.My friends employer was also contacted and advised they could face legal action if they were to find out he was receiving his paychecks in paper form. He also contacted an attorney in AZ and they told him he would have to hire a lawyer in Illinois in order to fight this... Which is pretty damn difficult to do when you are working with zero funds.Ive heard of creditors and other places garnishing paychecks to get their money back, but never heard of them taking paychecks in full. When my friend inquired about setting up a payment plan, they basically laughed and asked why they would even do that when they have the ability to get more money the way they are currently going about things.Is there any sort of advice I can offer my friend to try and fight this? Has anyone even heard of this ever happening to someone? I tried Googling some information but came up with nothing. Any insight you can add would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.  <response>: Theres more to the story. Come clean with the rest of it. Im intrigued! This type of thing doesnt just happen overnight. 