Locking someone else's bank account

societys_child

RedMonty wrote: »

I live in London and I'd quite appreciate a warning before someone restricted / froze my card.... :rotfl:

I was replying to this:

However, like any country, there are areas I wouldn't like to be trapped in unexpectedly without cash. If possible send warning to him / restrict withdrawal amounts to low amounts

Nothing to do with freezing his card.
As he's lived there before, I doubt he needs anyone to tell him what it's like.

PeacefulWaters

RedMonty wrote: »

It seems the OP has genuine concerns, so this would not be a fraudulent report, simply a raising of concerns. I think many banks would wish to receive more such raising of concerns.

What on earth could they do with a washy washy raising of concern?

RedMonty

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." George Best.

That's his prerogative, but things do change when you have children. If this guy had no kids I doubt anyone would give a toss. I have an Irish mate who is currently trying to make a living in Colombia (he's disabled and is trying to set up a cafe there) and is doubtless also enjoying himself albeit on rather less money. Good for him. He doesn't have kids.

With kids, you do have a responsibility to provide for them. The OP says this guy inherited this money so there is a clear family sense of wanting to pass it down. The kid's grandparents are now having to look after her and they probably didn't plan on having more children at their age, Kids are expensive and come with disruption to your life and career.

It's a tricky moral situation with valid principles on both sides. I think I've said enough and I won't be posting more in this thread.

Yorkshire_Pud

If a lock was put on his account so that he 'has to come home' he might not have the funds to be able to, he might have debts with dodgy people there who on hearing he's going back to the UK are 'anxious' to get their money, he might be gambling etc etc, its Colombia right, he's not there for the scenery?

'Helping' people against their will rarely ends well IMO hard as it may be to accept their behaviour unless they are diagnosable mentally ill and even then..........

Voyager2002

See a solicitor. Seriously.

His daughter has a right to be supported, and so the people caring for her have a legitimate interest in the contents of his bank account. It is just possible that a solicitor might persuade a court to act on this...

Otherwise, so long as he has legal capacity there is no legal way to achieve what you seek. True, you might be able to do things that would lead his bank to have concerns about fraud, but doing so would put you on the wrong side of the law.

Voyager2002

RedMonty wrote: »

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I have travelled around Colombia and have friends there, and it is a lovely place, and surprisingly middle class, with many people moving there for a better life, and better food than France.

A fantastic country yes, but the food is a weak point. Better than France? In your dreams...

Katgrit

I think some posters are missing the point. My understanding is that the OP's priority is saving the MAN not the MONEY. Cutting off his finances is a means to get him home, to stop him getting further into the mire.

agrinnall

Katgrit wrote: »

I think some posters are missing the point. My understanding is that the OP's priority is saving the MAN not the MONEY. Cutting off his finances is a means to get him home, to stop him getting further into the mire.

You're right, but some people cannot be saved from themselves, and lying to a bank is not the way to go about it anyway.

phillw

Imagine what would happen if you could phone up a bank and ask them to close someone else's account. How long do you think it would be before everyone's account was closed?

He looked at me funny, I'll show him.....