Long story short.
auntie and uncle (uncle by blood, auntie married into the family) have been asking us for money several times now. My parents stupidly gave them money thinking they are ‘need food and electricity’
turns out… they are in high amount of debt. We’re talking £300-400K debt.
Half (£200K) are high interest loan unsecured loans from banks (credit cards and overdraft over 8-10 banks) and other half £200K are accumulation from individuals (friends, family).
missed minimum payments several times now.
auntie used my her daughter’s credit card without her full consent. auntie also signed up to credit cards using her husband’s name and potentially other people’s names and borrowed money this way.
she’s also a very ‘nice’ auntie who ‘borrowed’ money from in-laws and grandparents now can’t pay up. goes on expensive holidays annually.
they also mislead the lawyers about anti-money laundering - basically showed the lawyers a statement of ‘where the money came from’ for a full cash payment but turns out it’s from high interest loans and money from other people. (So people worked hard to pay for their house and car). the lawyer passed AML checks because they thought the money came from lump sum pension payout. (That pension money was long gone).
I reported them to crimestopper and home office. They are on a visa hoping to get British passport. I’m afraid they will commit benefit fraud or try to scam other innocent elderly people or neighbours or the public…
I was told crimestopper would just bin the report and do nothing.
it made me sick to my stomach reporting family but I feel this is the right thing to do morally and ethically. What else can I do to make sure they take responsibility and accountability and face their own consequences?