To think DP is being used by so called "friend"

it sounds so dodgy sure he doesn't owe his drug dealer?

I'm assuming that most of the go fund me donations have come from friends and family still in the UK? What happens if the woman isn't really ill, someone finds out and your DH's friend denies all knowledge of ever asking him to set up the collection?
The social and criminal consequences for your DP could ruin him (and you) Please get DP to close the page and return the donations before he finds himself plastered all over the tabloids for fraud...

I live in Germany, we have a good healthcare system and even if you haven’t been paying our equivalent of National Insurance, you should be able to claim Bürgergeld (basic social security payments). But for this they want your former employment details, and to know why you are currently not working, and they can ask to check bank statements and query any unexplained sums being paid in, for example from undeclared work. Unless they are living completely outside all social security systems, this will be what they’re trying to avoid.

The money is clearly traceable back to your husband. Should the money be used for anything other than it's 'intended' purpose, the only one getting in trouble would be your husband.

One way or another, if your husband gets checked at the airport and have a wad of cash on him, he's either going to have to tell the truth that the cash is aiding benefit fraud, or he's going to have to lie and say it's for another purpose.

Each to their own but I wouldn't be tolerating that.

That’s what im
thinking. I’d tell your husband to stay well
clear of this.

The biggest thing for me would be how that money goes from a gofundme account to cash. Transferred from gofundme to your DPs bank account, then withdrawn from a bank as cash?

It may not be traceable to the friend but it will be very traceable to your DP. Either now or in future there could be questions about where that money went and there will be no record of it past being in your DP's possession.

Might be the best option here. Then block this “friend” going forward

Has your partner had a brain injury?

Travelling to Germany with a suitcase full of cash to help commit benefit fraud😂

Chatting over social media about the footy is one thing, and even sending £500 of your own money (if you can afford to lose it) I can just about get on board with but this is another level of stupidity

DP has a responsibility to you. It's one thing helping a 'friend' but not if it means getting done for fraud or deception. If he does get arrested or something goes wrong, frankly he only has himself to blame. The whole thing sounds dodgy as hell and he's a fool for going along with it.

I would absolutely lose the plot if DH suggested he was travelling with £7k in cash. What if he got mugged or lost it? Let alone explaining it to a border guard at security, even if it is totally legal, which sounds borderline, who does that these days of electronic money. No way. It sounds totally dodgy.

@Longtimelurkerfinallyposts I know people who claim to be that, yeah. Hippies, crusties, whatever...I'm not saying all are on benefits but the ones I know are.

Hi, I am german but have lived in the UK for almost 20 years.
My family is all in Germany.
The german healthsystem and care is generally excellent.
A family member has had cancer and several bouts of illness recently and care was always amazing.
You don't have to pay for it ( is the partner german?)
You normally are also entitled to benefits and particularly if you have to go through chemo/radiation therapy it should not be difficult to get sozialhilfe.
If she was properly employed before she should still get her salary/ percentage of salary automatically and this usually for a long period of time. Either 70% before tax or maximum 90% after tax for a maximum of 1.5 years.
I can't imagine anyone not being eligible for support?
But wouldn't know if she wasn't regularly/officially employed?
But normally the Krankenkasse ( bit like german nhs) calculates a certain amount based on circumstances and prior earnings etc. There will be a baserate.
I personally want to say this will be better and easier achieved in Germany compared to the UK.
But also....I haven't lived there for a long time.
I think it sounds fishy and your husbands friend may be trying to defraud the system.

Rubbish. Do you actually know any anarchists? Lots are so opposed to the State that they don't even claim the benefits they would be entitled to, as they want as little to do with the State as possible.

I would tell DP to not do it. You don't know these people well, it might even be a scam and your DP would be responsable since he started the gofund. Give him an easy way out, the same as I've given my DH in a similar situation (friend who wanted him to invest in a dodgy scheme) : DP can say " Sorry, but my wife is firmly against it so I can't"
End of discussion

They're obviously on every benefit going. Most 'alternative/anarchist' types believe in taking advantage of the state financially.
It's obvious he's trying to dodge something. What did he tell you DP to say to customs if he was searched? Would he be able to lie to authority? In a strange country?

Sounds like they are able to claim sickness pay but can't if they have money, that's why it needs to be untraceable

@tarheelbaby I’m not 100% sure but I believe if they cancel the raising the money just reverts back to each donor account when it’s an online fundraising.

Apparently he does not want to do this himself because the money cannot be traceable to him.

Is there any proof of this supposed cancer?

This is raising so many red flags it could be China.

Untraceable, cash only, delivered to them.

Just how naive is your husband?

Id contact the wife myself and ask how her treatment is going?

As a PP says, can you even be sure the DW has cancer?

Help your DP separate himself from all this malarkey. It has dodgy written all over it. He definitely should not fly anywhere with a suitcase full of cash. Transporting that quantity of money across international borders is probably illegal.

I'm not sure what the best answer is since clearly many people have donated (in good faith?) to support a woman with breast cancer (any proof of that?).

If there's no way to refund to the donors, maybe donate the cash to a cancer charity in the UK or in Germany?

If he wants it he should pick it up himself, and he can thank your dp for doing this big favour for him while he's at it.

That all sounds like your DP could well be getting himself involved in illegal activity. I'd be very cautious about proceeding any further with anything related to this.

I wouldn't be surprised if the wife being ill is a lie.