Weird situation.My ex is donating money in my name and his.

[Mandeville2004]

This is a very strange one and I’m looking for advice on how I should proceed.
The background is I was married in Canada and lived there with my ex. We split in 1998. It was a nasty divorce and I’m sure he hid part of our savings but it wasn’t worth paying solicitors to continue to pursue it. There was a year when I was in the Uk and he was in Canada after we split and he was claiming he owed back taxes. Part of the settlement was a pension split. He is very wealthy. He wasn’t when we were together but we had a couple of years at the end where he made a lot of money. He remarried a couple of years later
With retirement looming, I finally sorted our Canadian Pension Plan split last year. He would have received notification about that.
Last night I googled my name and it came up on the website of a Canadian Hospital fundraising page. Apparently, last September me and my ex made a donation together to the foundation. Our names stream across the screen together on a banner.It was extremely unsettling and and I had to check and recheck as I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It is 23 years since we split and we both remarried.
The only explanation I can come up with is that this is to do with the pension and that possibly there was another pension. He had a year to fiddle money around before the divorce and he clearly did. It must be fraudulent as wherever the funds came from, it’s clear that they were half mine and I definitely didn’t agree to any donation or sign any funds over.
I’m not sure if I should contact the foundation although I suspect they will not give me any information. He has strong links with the hospital.I’m considering the police ( financial fraud) or a solicitor (but can’t really afford more than an official letter.)
I have taken a screenshot of the website. It probably didn’t occur to him that they would publicise the (our…. ) donation and that I would see it.

Have you thought about emailing the hospital foundation explaining who you are and asking for a copy of the paperwork they were sent and a confirmation of receipt of the donation. Do it in a really apologetic way, like you were being ditsy and forgot to keep a copy and are now being asked for copies for your tax return.

This would hopefully give you the size of the donation and confirmation it was gifted in your name and would be evidence.

If that fails then make the Canadian equivalent of a Subject Access Request for the information. www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/accessing-personal-information/accessing-your-personal-information/ Ask for the documents but also the name of the Bank the donation came from.

If you get the Bank name you can then use the privacy laws www.priv.gc.ca/en/for-individuals/ to frequent copies of any bank accounts set up in your name including joint accts. You can also request details from the pension company of any other pensions in your name/joint names.

This will take some time and perseverance but you may be able to track back to the source of the money e.g. pension fund with minimal cost. You can then decide if it’s worth pursuing it.

to frequent copies - request copies

Thank you @Princessglittery
Those are all really good suggestions.
I hadn’t thought of approaching the foundation in that way but actually it’s my donation ( !) so I should be able to get paperwork.

Exactly. Any joint bank accounts, pensions etc are yours (and ExH) and you are entitled to have info about them.

@Mandeville2004 How are you getting on?