Engineer stole from car

debtdebt

If the proceeded to a criminal trial, how would the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the blackbox engineer took the money?

Comms69

These kinds of acts are opportunistic.


I'm sorry but leaving money with a stranger is a silly move.


(though to be fair not as silly as getting a black box fitted in the first place)

coffeehound

Topic creep, but something similar happened with removals men the other week. Found that every outside zip on a couple of holdalls had been opened. I often keep loose change in those pockets so some would have been taken. Goodness knows what else might have been taken but I won’t know until perhaps months in the future.

The take-home point is that those of us who are too trusting need to keep in mind that it’s usually impossible to prove anything where cash is concerned, so it’s best to keep it locked away.

Mercdriver

vivera01 wrote: »

I know I can't prove anything but can say with a good deal of confidence that the engineer stole the money. I suppose you don't expect an insurance company representative to steal from you and you shouldn't really have to hide everything away in those circumstances.

Just really wanted the insurance company to know it was happening but they don't seem to care. Maybe a little twittering would draw more of their attention to it!

It might also get their lawyers writing to you for libel. You are talking about a criminal offence and accusations should not be made publicly.

Marvel1

vivera01 wrote: »

I called Ingenie who promised to call me back but they haven't.

Why isn't your Daughter doing this herself?

Muscle750

People ask for trouble cars i work on have had bank cards bank statements etc and other important info etc left in them, best one we had was £900 rolled up in a sock under the spare wheel.

AndyMc.....

Muscle750 wrote: »

People ask for trouble cars i work on have had bank cards bank statements etc and other important info etc left in them, best one we had was £900 rolled up in a sock under the spare wheel.

So out of interest, what was the reason for unrolling and counting it?

Car_54

Mercdriver wrote: »

It might also get their lawyers writing to you for libel. You are talking about a criminal offence and accusations should not be made publicly.

Talking of libel, my old engineer colleagues would be very unhappy with the thread title.

The alleged culprit was probably a fitter, mechanic or technician.

Ergates

DoaM wrote: »

If she was the one who originally spoke with them, and then gave them permission to speak with you about this matter, then there's no problem. If this didn't happen this way then they're in breach of the GDPR by speaking with you without their customer's consent - something which could land them in serious hot water (far more so than one of "their" engineers nicking £20 from a car).

Can you not see the relevance of this? Would you be happy for your insurer to talk to me about your policy (if I phoned up and pretended to be your daughter)? Thought not.

At no point did the OP say they were speaking to the insurer directly.

Ergates

Marvel1 wrote: »

Why isn't your Daughter doing this herself?

Because the daughter didn't have the time? Maybe the daughter doesn't like phoning people. Maybe the daughter has a cold and has lost her voice.

What difference does that make? Why do you care?