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Funds transferred from Frozen account.

Any experiences similar to the following. ?
Recently a relative died and the bank advised transferring the balance in a current a/c to a saver account and to freeze the current a/c to prevent further credits to and debits from the a/c. This was agreed, 6 weeks later I found that the bank had transferred sums from the saver a/c to the frozen current a/c and then paid DWP amounts claimed as overpayments after death from the frozen current a/c. The claim by the DWP on Doc ORG55 was fraudulent as my relation was entitled to all 'direct to bank' payments credited to the current a/c, after 4 months of tel calls and Formal Complaints to DWP the amounts transferred by the bank have now been repaid by the DWP to the estate of my relation.

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  • bengal-stripe
    bengal-stripe Posts: 3,351 Forumite
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    So, it’s all settled, isn’t it? What more do you want?

    The claim by DWP might have been erroneous, but it certainly wasn’t fraudulent.
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