HSBC investigation has delayed international payment - what to do?

IlPartigiano

born_again said:

brianposter said:

Thrugelmir said:

People complaining is getting sillier and sillier. MP's have more pressing matters than babysitting the population. Does ones own health no good either. 

MPs are supposedly responsible for the silly notion that you can prevent fraud by refusing to speak to people. They are the appropriate people to initiate the replacement of the current non-functional ( or perhaps non-existent ) systems for dealing with fraud.

No one has refused to speak to the OP. They know exactly what HSBC has asked the sending bank.

Don't think |mp's have much say in how 


Sets the regulation's that we have to confirm too.

They haven’t refused to speak to me but they’ve refused to give me any information. The situation would be easily resolved if they asked me some very basic questions. 

I get paid money by a tech company, I have a written and signed contract, if you Google my name I have a relatively high profile in the exact same part of the software industry as the company that’s trying to give me money.  

I understand that they might not want to alert potential criminals to their investigations but the delay gives it away anyway, so they might as well ask some questions that would make the situation easier for all parties. 

Nb as of close of play Friday I had still not been paid. 

colsten

They are not allowed by law to tell you if they / the NCA are investigating potential fraud. All you can do is sit and wait. If everything is above board, you will get your money sooner or later. It's a PITA, blame the money launderers for it. 

deadendwaterfall

colsten said:

They are not allowed by law to tell you if they / the NCA are investigating potential fraud. All you can do is sit and wait. If everything is above board, you will get your money sooner or later. It's a PITA, blame the money launderers for it. 

They'll know how to beat the system and only make it harder for people like ourselves! 🙄

born_again

IlPartigiano said:

They haven’t refused to speak to me but they’ve refused to give me any information. The situation would be easily resolved if they asked me some very basic questions. 

But that does not stop you telling them about the payment. And the fact it is a regular one.

Only certain teams will ask any questions on these type of payments. Not the people that work on the front line & do not have the skills to ask the correct questions.

IlPartigiano

deadendwaterfall said:

colsten said:

They are not allowed by law to tell you if they / the NCA are investigating potential fraud. All you can do is sit and wait. If everything is above board, you will get your money sooner or later. It's a PITA, blame the money launderers for it. 

They'll know how to beat the system and only make it harder for people like ourselves! 🙄

It would be easier to take if the bank in question wasn't considered one of the world's worst for facilitating large scale money laundering. Apparently Mexican cartels are fine, but software engineers not so much.

colsten

IlPartigiano said:

deadendwaterfall said:

colsten said:

They are not allowed by law to tell you if they / the NCA are investigating potential fraud. All you can do is sit and wait. If everything is above board, you will get your money sooner or later. It's a PITA, blame the money launderers for it. 

They'll know how to beat the system and only make it harder for people like ourselves! 🙄

It would be easier to take if the bank in question wasn't considered one of the world's worst for facilitating large scale money laundering. Apparently Mexican cartels are fine, but software engineers not so much.

The two incidents hardly happened concurrently. Given the tremendous fine HSBC got when the Mexican sham came to light, it's not really surprising that they are now adhering to the law, is it. 

IlPartigiano

colsten said:

IlPartigiano said:

deadendwaterfall said:

colsten said:

They are not allowed by law to tell you if they / the NCA are investigating potential fraud. All you can do is sit and wait. If everything is above board, you will get your money sooner or later. It's a PITA, blame the money launderers for it. 

They'll know how to beat the system and only make it harder for people like ourselves! 🙄

It would be easier to take if the bank in question wasn't considered one of the world's worst for facilitating large scale money laundering. Apparently Mexican cartels are fine, but software engineers not so much.

The two incidents hardly happened concurrently. Given the tremendous fine HSBC got when the Mexican sham came to light, it's not really surprising that they are now adhering to the law, is it. 

I don't want to get into a barney about it, but I'm pretty sure they're under investigation right now for inappropriate information disclosure regarding a multibillion pound money laundering network. 

Ballard

brianposter said:

Thrugelmir said:

People complaining is getting sillier and sillier. MP's have more pressing matters than babysitting the population. Does ones own health no good either. 

MPs are supposedly responsible for the silly notion that you can prevent fraud by refusing to speak to people. They are the appropriate people to initiate the replacement of the current non-functional ( or perhaps non-existent ) systems for dealing with fraud.

It makes perfect sense not to tell someone who you suspect may be a money launderer that you think that they may a money launderer. 

brianposter

Ballard said:

It makes perfect sense not to tell someone who you suspect may be a money launderer that you think that they may a money launderer. 

You think money launderers are really dumb and dont wonder why their accounts have been suspended ?

colsten

brianposter said:

Ballard said:

It makes perfect sense not to tell someone who you suspect may be a money launderer that you think that they may a money launderer. 

You think money launderers are really dumb and dont wonder why their accounts have been suspended ?

The guys orchestrating money laundering are most likely fully aware what suspension of accounts means. Their money mules not so much, as many of them don't even know they are money laundering ("was just helping a friend" etc etc)

NB: for the avoidance of doubt, nobody is suggesting the OP is involved in any money laundering. Whether we are involved in anything shady or not, however, as and when a - most likely random - investigation kicks in, the investigation is conducted under AML rules / legislation.