Request for bank statements

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Hoogle wrote: »

If i was reviewing your benefit claim saw evidence of 60k going into your account I then write to you asking to see your statements, and then that money is suddenly gone as it was paid in by mistake, No matter how innocent you actually are it rings alarm bells to people reviewing your case.

It seems damned if you do and damned if you don't

Take the money out - you say it rings alarm bells
Leave the money in - i say it rings alarm bells, why has she not claimed back her money.

TELLIT01

I listed previously what the thought process may be amongst those reviewing the claim. The scenario put forward by the OP seems highly improbable, but that doesn't mean it can't be the truth.
What they will have to do in order to convince the reviewers is have very good and concise explanations as to how and why the situation arose.
Looking from the outside, a more likely scenario might be that the mother believed it would be beneficial to put the bond in the son's name for whatever reason, and didn't even consider the downside of what would happen if the son claimed Income Related benefits at a later date.

pepper77_2

I dont believe the bond was opened in the sons name by mistake.
I do believe that with 20:20 hindsight opening the bond in the sons name was a mistake.
In my mind the money belongs to the son, and his benefits should be stopped.

TELLIT01

pepper77 wrote: »

I dont believe the bond was opened in the sons name by mistake.
I do believe that with 20:20 hindsight opening the bond in the sons name was a mistake.
In my mind the money belongs to the son, and his benefits should be stopped.

That's very much my thoughts too.

pepper77_2

TELLIT01 wrote: »

That's very much my thoughts too.

I tried to set my kids up with a buffer.
Well, not £60k, but enough to make claiming certain benefits impossible.

Wouldnt most people do their best to help their kids?

TELLIT01

pepper77 wrote: »

I tried to set my kids up with a buffer.
Well, not £60k, but enough to make claiming certain benefits impossible.

Wouldnt most people do their best to help their kids?

I'm not saying that setting the son up with the bond was the wrong thing to do. What is happening now is probably caused by lack of understanding at the time it was done. That doesn't mean that lying now to 'correct' the situation is a good idea, or one with which they are likely to succeed.