My sister has been staying at my house in England a lot recently, helping me pack up everything from Ireland. Being pregnant, I usually go to bed early. Anyhow, today I checked my bank account and £1500 was missing. I phoned the bank and apparently it was drawn out of my account in installments of £300 over five days. When I questioned my sister, she burst into tears and said, she had used it to pay for her 18th bithday party in june, I don't even know what to say or do. I'm majorly shocked. What should I do?? xx
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tell her to to pay you back and if she says she doesnt have the money or cant say get a job and pay it all back! what she did .. she can go to jail
The correct way to say that is: She stole fifteen hundred pounds. She didn't borrow anything unless she plans on paying it back. The fact that she burst into tears really doesn't mean anything. She got caught and somehow hoped she wouldn't.
You need to take some kind of corrective action against her but you'll have to be the one to choose what happens. You can't let this go because if you do it's like wearing a sign that says, "Take advantage of me."
There are a variety of things you can do. You can contact the local authorities and have her arrested. This would probably the the worst thing you could do but if you feel she is likely to steal again then this may be the way to take care of it. Another thing that you can do is come to some kind of agreement with her as to how she will pay you back. It doesn't matter whether she has a job or not. She should make restitution. She should not get away with it.
Another thing you should do is see if there is a way to get some of the money back. If it's for a party this coming June then there could have been deposits made for things. Get the deposits back if that's the case. See where she spent the money and see if things can be returend.
The other question is this: How did she get access to your bank account? What did you do that put her in a position to do that? If there's a PIN then change it. Give the bank specific instructions on who may or may not make withdrawals. If there is an ATM card then destroy it. Some of these things may feel like restrictions for you but they will also keep someone else from using your information to steal from you.
Also, your sister should be ashamed of herself and you need to let her know that you're ashamed of what she's done. It should be made know to the entire family that she has done this. It doesn't matter what she has to say about that. It's necessary so that she is ashamed of herself. She doesn't get to make any decisions concerning what you do because she didn't give you the chance to make a decision about your money before she stole it. If someone feels there is no punishment for stealing then they are likely to repeat it. How can someone be expected to keep themselves from doing something if they know they won't be punished for it? Perhaps you should send her away or not allow her near your home for a period of time. She must understand that her behavior is not acceptable. She knew exactly what she was doing when she stole that money from you. She should have to answer for it.
Definitely contact the police there. Tell them that your sister took your money. That is if she is unwilling to pay it back. Tell her she HAS to pay you back everything. If she wants help, well she can work it off. That was just plain wrong of your sister. :( Try seeing if she'll pay you back, if not, still make her work for it.
Well one sure way is to contact your country's police :=)
I guess that you don't want to do that, but still. She has to grow up, you just cant "borrow" money without asking. If I were you, I would be MAD!
Tell her she shouldnt have done it without your consent, and also ask her to pay it back whether its but by bit, or all at once
Tell her to give you back your damn money.