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Loans and Mental Health

M3ssi · 2020-03-08 09:02:59

I hold Legal Power of Attorney for my father which was validated a few months before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. A few months after he was diagnosed a family member ,who had moved into my parents home, took out a couple of loans impersonating my father and using fathers bank account and credit cards for identity…

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yksi Posts: 1,025 Forumite

16 March 2020 at 1:57PM edited 16 March 2020 at 1:59PM

Go higher - ask the police how to make an official complaint about their refusal to prosecute. Maybe they will rethink it once you reiterate that your mother does not have any authority to "excuse" the fraud as you have POA and you intend to pursue the matter up the chain.

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