Company Accidentally Sent Duplicate Commission Payouts "near The End Of 2024" And Have Just Now Contacted The Affected Employees And Are Demanding We Pay Back The Money.

I work for a company that manufactures and services small business equipment. I am a service technician for the company. We occasionally get paid "finders fees" when we sell our customers on upgrading equipment or purchasing new equipment. Well apparently during a "payroll team transition" an "error was made" where duplicates of commission payouts went to certain techs.

When we get these commission payout all we see is a separate paycheck that states "Field Commission". We are never given any documents as to what machine was sold, what customer purchased the machine, or what sales representative put down our name to receive the commission.

According to them this error happened "near the end of 2024" but I have been given no information on exactly when the duplicate payout occurred nor what machine did I receive this payment. The only information they have given is the amount of money that I supposedly owe them.

Obviously this money has already been spent and I can not afford to give back such a large sum of money with my current financial situation. Is there any sort of legal recourse or chat am I cooked?