Legal advice about over payment at a Bureau de Change

maninthestreet

Art wrote: »

It is illegal to keep the money and a case can be passed to the Police if need be.

Regards,
Art.

The police would be likely to say that it's a Civil, not a Criminal matter, given the circumstances of this case.

Osvaldo

Yes, without the proof how can we decide who is the one who has done this. If there is a proof anybody can tell that these are the things happened. There are so many experts in the state you can take help of them to know several more details about the matter.

smcaul

Unless the customer has morals and is very honest then there is not a hope of seeing the money again. If they prepaid (which is what you have said they did) then they will have a receipt to prove the £100 and £500 transaction. Even if the BdeC have further documents to prove otherwise the customer could just say that the cashier must have pocketed the cash.

Would be almost impossible to prove, which is probably what the Boss of the BdeC is aware of.

phlogeston

fergies_army wrote: »

If the receiptant can state they had no intention to dishonestly appropriate the said item (money) belonging to another then no. I.e. I never counted the money, I had no idea I received more, I used it to pay for something and handed it all over not realising there was more there etc etc.

Would be a civil matter.

The moment the recipient discovered the error (or had it pointed out to them), they would be acting DISHONESTLY if they attempted to keep the additional cash - making it a criminal matter. The fact is though, the police could not give a care about a mistake like this and would not get involved.

The recipient can be asked or sued for the money back as it appears that you can prove on the balance of probabilities that they have received too much cash.

davetrousers

This is an OLD THREAD

gordikin

Osvaldo wrote: »

Yes, without the proof how can we decide who is the one who has done this. If there is a proof anybody can tell that these are the things happened. There are so many experts in the state you can take help of them to know several more details about the matter.

Truthie...is that you?