2 posts tagged “fraud”

That's pretty shocking

Money collection is pretty heavily regulated, particularly when it comes to actual enforcement with bailiffs, having dealt with debt collectors and bailiffs, I certainly wouldn't want them to have more power than they already do.

My experience is that Bailiffs and debt collectors will be sent to the wrong address, be requested to enforce disputed payments or even fraudulent invoices as well as various errors.

I've never had a dealing with a bailiff or debt collector regarding a debt that I actually owed :
* for somebody elses business that I ran the website for (which was also disputed, and being the guy who ran the website I helped to deal with the dispute, and was livid that Citylink were trying to bill for a package sent by another of their customers from a totally different address and it was clearly a fault in their system).
* for a gas bill unpaid by a previous tennant
* for rental arrears by Felicity J Lord on a property they forgot to update on their automated billing system, which nobody spotted until threatening letters arrived in the post

I've heard of friends receiving fraudulent threats by both criminals and legitmate businesses.

That's why we need to ensure debt collection and recovery / enforcement is tighly regulated - it's the most vulnerable people who are on the receiving end, and it's used carelessly, badly or fraudulently - the last thing we need to do is allow the use of force.

Well thanks Nick Clegg for not sticking with the status quo, and really rocking the boat with your bold leadership on reforming parliament.

I think it's great you're supporting somebody who claimed tens of thousands of quid for his wifes shopping trips and pocket 20 grand more to cover accomodation costs that he didn't have, and best of all - this chap is doing the review of MP expenses, gosh it doesn't look like a corrupt old boys at all.

I'm sure that we as a nation can follow suit and you'd support us if we all decided to fiddle our tax returns and put things like shopping, family travel, lap dancers, etc through our books. I'm sure the Inland revenue wouldn't quibble over a few tens of thousands of pounds for us all, and it certainly wouldn't mean being prosecuted for fraud.

Speaking of bold moves - how is your big push for reform of drugs legislation? Oh. yeah. It doesn't exist. Did you forget about it? Don't be surprised that you will be forgotten too unless you stand out - because right now when people say our party doesn't matter or make a difference, with the notable exception of Vince Cable and some excellent MPs that feels like the truth at the moment.