Advice on Misuse of Post Office Account

Billy_Bullocks

Pollycat wrote: »

No it isn't.

I asked you to provide evidence that it is illegal for someone to use another person's debit card when the account holder has willingly given the card and PIN to that person.

Other posters have asked you to provide the same proof.

So it's not about what happened to the OP's relative, it's what the law says.

If the third party has taken more than agreed the law is quite clear.

George_Michael

Billy_Bullocks wrote: »

If the third party has taken more than agreed the law is quite clear.

Exactly. If they have and as yet we don't know if this is the case.
Even if they have taken too much, you still haven't explained why the relative was acting illegally.

Pollycat

George_Michael wrote: »

Exactly. If they have and as yet we don't know if this is the case.
Even if they have taken too much, you still haven't explained why the relative was acting illegally.

Exactly.

I'm not sure what post Billy Bullocks is reading but I've certainly not seen anything that says the OP knows for certain that the relative's friend has taken any money at all that she has not been authorised to do.

achiles87 wrote: »

We are still not sure how much of this money our uncle knew about and has been a "gift" to the friend but it has averaged a £1000 a month since he has been housebound.

achiles87 wrote: »

He gets a tad confused and need to tread carefully as this is an old friend. From what we understand there have been a few stories about the friend having money stolen, house broken into and then having to move out their house for a while which has resulted in our relative giving them some money to help out, so the other party could I expect say that it was a gift or with their blessing.

There is nothing to say that the relative hasn't gifted the friend this money.

nannytone_2

i used to use my F I L's card to withdraw his money from the post office.
he withdrew every penny of his pension, DLA and industrial injuries benefit on the day it hit his account.

what he did with it after that, i have no idea. ( he would then give me the money to pay his bills and to buy his shopping)

from the time spent in the P O queues, i can say that an awful lot of older people took every penny out of the card account as soon as it went in

cookie365

Currently this is none of the OP's business.

If the OP wants to make it their business, the only way is to talk to the relative.