I'm sorry - I just have to vent.
As you probably know, I live in Switzerland.
But I am English.
I have a few interests in the UK, and I have trusted my brother with looking after them. A job he has been doing for nearly 20 years now.
I have today had a shock and a surprise.
It looks like my brother has ripped off my sister and I to the tune of about £10,000 to £12,000.
I have now to employ an independent accountant to go over the books etc etc etc. Arranging it all from a distance, or paying an air fare to go over there and do it, and miss out on some days work here.
A letter was returned to me that I didn't write - but my signature on it has been forged.
I so desperately hope that it wasn't him, but I know of no-one else with that degree of knowledge of my affairs, nor the degree of knowledge of those of my sister nor the degree of knowledge of our family. Nor the permission to sign and do things for me and her, that have been done with neither of our knowledge.
And our brother 'went away for a bit - probably until the new year' a couple of weeks ago, and my bank account is those few thousand pounds lighter, and suddenly a few bills haven't been paid that he was responsible for ... and I don't have the money over there to cover them, and I need six weeks notice normally to cash in some of my few remaining investments - but that will take things into the Christmas period, which means that I can't get it all sorted out before the New Year.
I'm not completely wiped out, but the hit took more than 85% of my holdings over there.
This has all hit me rather heavily, I'm afraid.
I waver between tears of anger and those of sadness.
And I can't sleep.
Sorry - looks like more delays to my writing suddenly.
J
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So sorry to read that
Thats horrible. I hope you and your sister are able to find the best and quickest way to fix this.
I probably wanna know, what I don't know
Hugs
I can't do more than give you Hugs.
I hope you and your sister will be able to find a good way to fix this.
Don't stress out about delays to your writing, I'm sure every body will understand completely.
Comforting Hugs and Huggles tmf
It won't be easy
..,but you need to notify the police and your banks. If he has forged signatures to remove money from your bank account then the bank is liable for accepting a forged signature although extracting money from them may be difficult.
You obviously know him and we don't but as an outsider it sounds as though you may not see him again.
I hope you can recover something from this mess.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thanks all for the support
Obviously, I have vented; but still only given an outline of events. All steps are in hand.
I just need now to be able to sleep. The night duty at the Hotel tonight will be interesting.
J.
all
I can do is offer a hug
Mads
Madeline Anafrid Bell
Have a hug from me
and have something nice to wash that bitter taste out of your mouth. It sucks when a famly member does something like this.
Auch
Good luck with sorting out this mess and lots of strength.
Yours, Leontine
How sad
It is sad when somebody you thought you knew and trusted does something like that.
You can't choose your family but they are the people you know the best, apart from your partner and children, of course. You wouldn't have trusted him in the first place if you hadn't thought he was worthy of that trust.
You have my sincere commiserations. Fortunately I have not been on the end of anything like that, though I did lose a large chunk of money once when the firm I was contracting for went bust. I know how that feels.
A thought - bank hacking has been in the local news recently. Are you sure that it is him and not a third party?
Penny
One of the lowest things that
One of the lowest things that someone can do is screw over family. I hope that it can get sorted
Dementia?
I wonder if he has the onset of Dementia? It bears looking into.
Gwen
My dear sorry to hear that
My dear sorry to hear that .You can pick your friends but you cant pick your family.I had a partner nick a lot of money run up debts ect.I dont trust no one now. My old man said back in the day trust is a fools game.I dont trust banks or anything cause when there is money there is nicking.Hope you sort it out. Tell your brother to get lost like in godfather part 2 your not not a friend your nothing to me.What a scummer.