Financial abuse

[bigtimer]

My father in law passed away recently and my wife and I have just opened his latest bank statement.it shows that regular amounts have been taken out amounting to £1650 for January alone.Her brother had LPA so it looks like he has been paying himself!
What are our options here as it's likely to set of a tsunami as he's a right arsehole?

I'd ask him what it has been used for, don't go in all guns blazing.

If you have concerns then the first thing you should do is ask him to account for how that money was spent. It might have been a gift to him from your FiL or might have been legitimately spent on FiL.

It wasn't a gift from father in law as he had limited capacity.It looks like his account has been systematically rifled over the course of the LPA.I need to speak to the solicitor handling the probate to see what the options are.I need to obtain further bank statements as well which could be difficult.

@bigtimer

It wasn't a gift from father in law as he had limited capacity.It looks like his account has been systematically rifled over the course of the LPA.I need to speak to the solicitor handling the probate to see what the options are.I need to obtain further bank statements as well which could be difficult.

Just be careful before escalating to accusations. What about things like funeral costs, solicitors' fees for probate etc? Were there care home fees to pay? It sounds dodgy that it's payments to himself but there might be a good reason for it.