HankReardon
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Hi all, I am looking for advice on what to do next here.
In early December, I went to the Gardai regarding a cheque that I was due to receive from the Government but never did.
It was lodged into someone else's account. I reported this to the Gardai, informing them in detail what had happened and what the next step is.
The Garda in question has done nothing as far as I can see to follow this up.
The Garda was to call the bank and confirm my account of events (I had been speaking to the bank about this over a 2 month period), the Bank say they haven't heard from the Garda. Garda says she was speaking to them.
I spoke to the relevent Government Department who issued the cheque and confirmed it was cashed and they said they haven't heard from the Garda yet either. The Garda told me she rang, left a message and was going to call again. I checked and this hasn't happened.
What do I do now? I have called into the station 6 times over the last 3 months looking for an update but nothing. Once I did actually get speaking to her and she told me that she realised it was an important issue and a significant amount of money and that she had followed it up by phoning the bank and Government Department.
She said she would call me to update me but didn't, so that's when I checked with Bank and Government Department and they said they hadn't heard from her either.
All that needs to be done is for the Garda to confirm with either side that the cheque was issued and lodged, then the Garda requests a copy of the cheque from the Department, which the bank can then use to find the lodgement in whatever branch. Confirm that it's not an account belonging to me. Then the department are in a position to re-issue the cheque to me. The Bank refund them the money. The bank then follow up the fraudster to get their money back.
Garda is doing nothing. Do I speak with her again? Do I go over her head? Do I report this to the omnbusman?
Many thanks.
In early December, I went to the Gardai regarding a cheque that I was due to receive from the Government but never did.
It was lodged into someone else's account. I reported this to the Gardai, informing them in detail what had happened and what the next step is.
The Garda in question has done nothing as far as I can see to follow this up.
The Garda was to call the bank and confirm my account of events (I had been speaking to the bank about this over a 2 month period), the Bank say they haven't heard from the Garda. Garda says she was speaking to them.
I spoke to the relevent Government Department who issued the cheque and confirmed it was cashed and they said they haven't heard from the Garda yet either. The Garda told me she rang, left a message and was going to call again. I checked and this hasn't happened.
What do I do now? I have called into the station 6 times over the last 3 months looking for an update but nothing. Once I did actually get speaking to her and she told me that she realised it was an important issue and a significant amount of money and that she had followed it up by phoning the bank and Government Department.
She said she would call me to update me but didn't, so that's when I checked with Bank and Government Department and they said they hadn't heard from her either.
All that needs to be done is for the Garda to confirm with either side that the cheque was issued and lodged, then the Garda requests a copy of the cheque from the Department, which the bank can then use to find the lodgement in whatever branch. Confirm that it's not an account belonging to me. Then the department are in a position to re-issue the cheque to me. The Bank refund them the money. The bank then follow up the fraudster to get their money back.
Garda is doing nothing. Do I speak with her again? Do I go over her head? Do I report this to the omnbusman?
Many thanks.