WWYD "friend" ripped off our cleaner.

[User543212345]

A neighbour/acquaintance of mine asked me if I knew any good cleaners around a year ago and I recommended ours (we've had her for 5 years and she's wonderful), passed on telephone numbers and she has worked for him on and off since then.

This week she spoke to me about him. He works for an electrical company and said it was the sale and did she want anything. She asked for 2 hoovers - one for her and one for a friend - and gave him £100. This was 2/3 weeks ago and since then he has cancelled her coming to clean and not responded to her asking about the hoovers. I think even the nicest way to think of this is that the hoovers weren't available and he's embarrassed but it does feel like he's stolen from her. He has turned out to be quite the twat in other ways (indeed this is my second AIBU thread about him) so I'm not feeling particularly charitable towards his behaviours.

I feel a bit responsible as I introduced them, and also know that £100 isn't a small amount of money to her. She said that she will reimburse her friend so she's taking the whole hit herself. I'm probably overthinking.

Would it be weird/unreasonable/patronising to offer to cover some of her losses? Or should I keep out of it.

[CatNip2]

On another note, someone I know worked for an electrical distributors and was "made redundant", found out a few months later he was actually sacked make redundant for "losing" stock and taking cash payments for products from customers that should have only been on account, the cash having been stolen "disappeared".

Is this neighbour of yours the person I know very well?

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

Police will not do anything, they will say civil matter

My local police force have just in the last 3 weeks facilitated the imprisonment of at least 4 con artists. All sentences in between 3-4 years.

Most of them serial offenders who only came to light because someone got hit for a small amount under not dissimerler circumstances but they came forward, the police investigated prepared a case and did exceptionally well indeed.

[MintyChops]

That's horrible. Neighbour is an arse. Wait another week and see if he stumps up either hoovers or returns cash. If not, ?I would speak to cleaner again and persuaðe her to let you intervene.