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Wrongfully being accused by brother and wife

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ForJoyousDog · 05/06/2024 08:18

I don't know what to do! My brother has POA for finances for my mother, which he has actioned and now deals with her banking. He and his wife are doing an audit of mum's spending since dad died in 2019. Mum became a recluse after his death, the mobility car had to be returned. I live 750 miles from mum, my brother 12 miles but to help mum I did her grocery shopping online using her debit card. This turned into birthday cards, gifts, hobby materials etc but everything with her authority to use her account and card. My brother and his wife have said that now my brother "has unrestricted access to mum's account and are working closely with the bank as there are suspicious payments that have come out of her account". I have done nothing wrong, certainly not used my mothers bank account as my own but the accusation has been going on since January, the messages I get are hateful, they are relishing trying to destroy me, my husband won't support me because he told me this would happen and he is angry as to how this makes him look. My mother has told my brother that I had authority to do any shopping etc using her card, but it is still going on. I'm not eating, sleeping and my relationship is suffering. What can I do to make this stop does anyone have any ideas please?

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Grammarnut · 12/06/2024 14:23

Goodtogossip · 12/06/2024 10:45

Your Brother & his Wife should be able to see from your Mums bank accounts what has been bought, or at least where things were bought from. Ask him for copies of the statements & annotate anything you have bought on behalf of your Mum, ie shopping, presents etc & give him details of what was bought & who it was for. If you have evidence of orders you have made online send him these so he can tally them with the statements so he knows you;re telling the truth. With your Brother having POA he should be able to contact the bank asking for further details of the suspicious transactions & try & work out what they relate to. Is your Mum able to defend you at all & explain that she has asked you to make some purchases for her?

But why has your DB got PoA? Doesn't sound as if your DM needs it activated. I smell fishy goings on?

stilllovebeetroot · 26/06/2024 08:27

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Lyraloo · 26/06/2024 13:37

Why is that odd, my dm always bought presents for dh at birthdays, Christmas etc. as well as for me?

stilllovebeetroot · 26/06/2024 14:40

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coffeenootropics · 22/08/2024 18:42

i wonder how all this played out?

I would guess the OP wasn’t being entirely honest on this thread and her brother was bang on with his suspicions

honestly, the op was buying her husband presents from her mother despite her husband being very clear with her that this was a Bad Idea

and i would love to know what the OP bought for herself “from her mother”

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