Fraudulent Power of Attorney

Manxman_in_exile

Malthusian said:

I have previously passed intelligence to the police on stopping them in the street (although granted I knew the officers by sight, if not by name). I am sure similar would work here.

Can I just clarify: you stopped a policeman in the street, and told them about a crime where the police had already dropped the case as not worth pursuing, and the victim and her attorney had decided a civil case was not worth pursuing, and the victim wasn't willing to testify, and... something unspecified happened?

That's exactly the question I wanted to ask CKhalvashi.  What came of it after they passed onto a couple of police officers they stopped in the street some "intelligence" about a fraud that the police had previously dropped an investigation into and which nobody seemed willing to pursue?  Was somebody convicted after the investigation was reopened?

CKhalvashi

Malthusian said:

I have previously passed intelligence to the police on stopping them in the street (although granted I knew the officers by sight, if not by name). I am sure similar would work here.

Can I just clarify: you stopped a policeman in the street, and told them about a crime where the police had already dropped the case as not worth pursuing, and the victim and her attorney had decided a civil case was not worth pursuing, and the victim wasn't willing to testify, and... something unspecified happened?

No, but I am pointing out that OP will have direct access to their local police in this case.

I have not been a victim in these cases, I do not know the outcome of any intel put their way, however in some cases, if I were the victim I'd want it to be pursued.

Manxman_in_exile

CKhalvashi said:

Malthusian said:

I have previously passed intelligence to the police on stopping them in the street (although granted I knew the officers by sight, if not by name). I am sure similar would work here.

Can I just clarify: you stopped a policeman in the street, and told them about a crime where the police had already dropped the case as not worth pursuing, and the victim and her attorney had decided a civil case was not worth pursuing, and the victim wasn't willing to testify, and... something unspecified happened?

No, but I am pointing out that OP will have direct access to their local police in this case.

I have not been a victim in these cases, I do not know the outcome of any intel put their way, however in some cases, if I were the victim I'd want it to be pursued.

With respect, I don't think you were pointing that out.  The OP had said that it was very difficult to contact the police about this alleged fraud.

What you said was that you could confirm that what the OP said was not the case on the ground that you had once happened to bump into a couple of police officers in the street and had imparted some "intelligence" to them.  I'm afraid that that is a world away from denying what the OP says is true, and is equally a world away from proving that it is not difficult to contact the police directly.

I don't know where you live, but I can definitely confirm that I cannot remember the last time I saw a police officer in the street - but I doubt it was even in this calendar year.  And I also don't live anywhere near a police station.

Yes - the public can in theory have direct contact with the police, but for the vast majority of people putting that into practice is not as easy as just having a chance meeting with a police officer in the street and talking to them.  It's quite obvious from reading about the public attempting to report fraud cases to the police that the police invariably refer them to Action Fraud - who then basically do nothing.

EDIT:  Indeed nothing in your previous post tends to confirm that what the OP said is not the case - which is what you were claiming

Horsin

Alphatauri said:

If you go back to my original post, I advised you to have your email added to the current register as a contact and also to sign up to property alerts. Im sorry but I can’t post links but if you go to gov.uk and search property alert it should take you to the right page.

If you do these two things you will be notified if anyone else tries to change the ownership, take out a mortgage or sell the property. The notification will enable you to step in and prevent fraud being committed, These services were set up to prevent the type of fraud you were talking about. 

Wow, what a great piece of advice. I have done the same to keep an eye on my Uncle's house while we are STILL waiting for probate and a little concerned by an advisor's delays. Tips like these are why I come back to this site time and time again - thank you.