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Recovering DWP benefit paid into someone elses account

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dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite

1 November 2013 at 12:28PM

Poppie68 wrote: »

Keeping any money wrongly credited to your account, could lead to you being charged with ‘Retaining wrongful credit’. The 1968 Theft act defines this as: "A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it".

Unfortunately nothing is black and white,

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-2267581/I-paid-2-600-wrong-account-bank-wont-back.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22815716

http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/technical_notes/wrong-account-payments.htm

It's someone else's fault.
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clairec79 Posts: 2,512 Forumite

1 November 2013 at 12:40PM

Poppie68 wrote: »

The account number was a valid account, the bank have written to the account holder but they have'nt replied.

How long ago was it? It's possible the account holder hasn't had the letter yet either delay in post or away on holiday etc

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