Jesus Christ, stories like this one, and the one where the guy got his house stolen from under him, are pretty frightening.
Just as well the solicitor was switched-on to ask for medical evidence.
Fyi you can set up a land registry alert on your property for free that will tell you if someone tries to take a charge on it.: https://propertyalert.landregistry.gov.uk/
dear lord its almost like the guy who had his house stolen
> The government body does not use any fraud detection systems to cross reference the identities on applications, and currently employs no trained fraud investigators.
And yet if a bank was run like this, it would be prosecuted and probably shut down.
In India there is a problem wih people being declared dead and someone inheriting all their assets while they are still alive.
Fraud is becoming endemic. The authorities just aren’t interested.
*[Labour MP] David Lammy, who until recently was shadow secretary of state for justice, called the findings “a scandal of huge proportions”.*
*The MP said: “A lasting power of attorney is a dramatic legal act, it’s taking control of a human being’s affairs, and it’s extraordinary that legal protections are so weak that fraud can take place.”*
*Mr Lammy called for a “root-and-branch” review of the system to ensure it was not exposing some of the most vulnerable people in society to fraud.*
*You & Yours also approached the Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab for comment.*
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Jesus Christ, stories like this one, and the one where the guy got his house stolen from under him, are pretty frightening.
Just as well the solicitor was switched-on to ask for medical evidence.
Fyi you can set up a land registry alert on your property for free that will tell you if someone tries to take a charge on it.: https://propertyalert.landregistry.gov.uk/
dear lord its almost like the guy who had his house stolen
> The government body does not use any fraud detection systems to cross reference the identities on applications, and currently employs no trained fraud investigators.
And yet if a bank was run like this, it would be prosecuted and probably shut down.
In India there is a problem wih people being declared dead and someone inheriting all their assets while they are still alive.
Fraud is becoming endemic. The authorities just aren’t interested.
*[Labour MP] David Lammy, who until recently was shadow secretary of state for justice, called the findings “a scandal of huge proportions”.*
*The MP said: “A lasting power of attorney is a dramatic legal act, it’s taking control of a human being’s affairs, and it’s extraordinary that legal protections are so weak that fraud can take place.”*
*Mr Lammy called for a “root-and-branch” review of the system to ensure it was not exposing some of the most vulnerable people in society to fraud.*
*You & Yours also approached the Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab for comment.*