some adice please regarding the police.

tippy1toppy

Hi there,

new to the forum but hear its a great place to get advice as some of you are all legal experts by the sound of it.

Well the story.

Around 1.5 years ago I was working on behalf of an agency, and did do for arround 6 months and everything was fine. I then managed to get myself a new full time job so in the process I moved house, new bank account had a child and the rest of it.

Rewind about 6 months, i get a policeman knocking at my door regarding that i has "stolen" some money, and they could arrest me but they wont (as he said). The officer explained that the company could persue with the Police as i have taken money which is not mine.

Now I went back over my statments and checked to see if this is true, nothing on the stament. I tell the officers no payments, he pulled his notepad and told me it was to a Lloyds account, i checked this was true! the company had paid me £200 sometime last year. I asked them why they are coming after me now for it, i told them that i did not have it. They told me go to the bank and get it. Now the problem is that this bank account i left with a 2p overdraft which has resulted in charges and basically its gone.

Now they told me to contact the company and make a payment plan with the, i have to pay it back. So 2 weeks later wrote a letter to the company and told them i would arrange a payment plan.

6 months later the police arrive at work telling me they are going to arrest me if i dont hand myself in this Friday, they will arrest me. I am going to be given a criminal record and put into a cell on Friday for a few hours.

Could somone please help me with some advice.

Kind Regards.

WTFH

tippy1toppy wrote: »

Now they told me to contact the company and make a payment plan with the, i have to pay it back. So 2 weeks later wrote a letter to the company and told them i would arrange a payment plan.

6 months later the police arrive at work telling me they are going to arrest me if i dont hand myself in this Friday, they will arrest me. I am going to be given a criminal record and put into a cell on Friday for a few hours.

Have yo made payments in line with the payment plan that you arranged?

olias

Load of old rubbish. If the company has made an accidental overpayment then it is a civil matter, not criminal. It would only become criminal if you had either fraudulently transferred the money accross, or made fraudulent statements in order to recieve it.

Olias

tippy1toppy

WTFH wrote: »

Have yo made payments in line with the payment plan that you arranged?

I sent a letter the company asking how to arrange this with my contact details.

They never got back to me?

So i assumed they wanted to drop it?

scheming_gypsy

Did the company approach you to repay the money or did you just get the police at your door?

If they come back I'd want to know why. The company paid you money they shouldn't, you didn't steal it so surely it's a civil issue and not a police issue?

spacey2012

Are you sure this was a police man, was he in uniform ?

Sounds very unrealistic.

tippy1toppy

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Did the company approach you to repay the money or did you just get the police at your door?

If they come back I'd want to know why. The company paid you money they shouldn't, you didn't steal it so surely it's a civil issue and not a police issue?

No i was never approached by the company, and all of a sudden I have the police at my door, the police arrived 6 months after the company paid me.

I never stole it, i was paid it into a old bank account which i thought i closed, and ive not even taken the money and spent it!

The police want me to what it seems "hand myself in" but i dont want them back at my work, and beeing taken out in handcuffs.

I have googled some advice but the police can arrest at any time if i am thought to be a criminal. Which is possibly they twice have been but not once put cuffs on me, scare tatics...

tippy1toppy

spacey2012 wrote: »

Are you sure this was a police man, was he in uniform ?

Sounds very unrealistic.

Yes had the unifrom the car outside my work, the radio going off and was asking my manager for myself!!!!

Please stop thinking i am making this up!

WTFH

tippy1toppy wrote: »

I sent a letter the company asking how to arrange this with my contact details.

They never got back to me?

So i assumed they wanted to drop it?

How did you send the letter?
Have you proof you sent it?
Have you tried to contact the company by phone?

davehughes182

I call Shenanigans

System

tippy1toppy wrote: »

Yes had the unifrom the car outside my work, the radio going off and was asking my manager for myself!!!!

Please stop thinking i am making this up!

it never crossed my mind !;)