Fraud?

konark

Margot123 wrote: »

The Bank were very helpful and even provided evidence, however, due to proportionality ie her having a hefty balance, they said the police seldom take action. If Mum's account had been wiped out, then they would have done. Not sure they would do anything without the account holder being present. A very sad situation to be in.

The bank's attitude beggars belief; So if I steal from a rich person its OK as they had a lot of money anyway?. And if I steal from a person's account but leave them £50 in it then the police won't be interested? Theft is theft, no matter who you steal from, and just because you haven't 'wiped someone out' financially doesn't make the theft any the less.

Did your sister have Power of Attorney over your mother's financial affairs; if not she has stolen the money. Collect the evidence and, if you want ( she's your sister not mine) go to the police. That pattern of withdrawals from an OAP's account is highly suspicious. As Administrator of the estate you have the legal authority, and perhaps duty, to report anomalies to the authorities. The police can help get your father's signature and may get CCTV from the ATMs to prove it was your sister taking the money out.

troubleinparadise

You may not be able to get any of the money returned to the estate, but you would expose your sister's sneaky theft of her mother's money when in a position of trust.

Sadly this tends to kill off family relations for ever, I've found, going on into the next generations.

So whilst there may be no recourse in law as it is difficult to ever get a case brought, nor any recovery of the missing money, there is a kind of karma and divine retribution in publicly exposing the person as a thief...