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Hi all, hope someone in this helpful forum can assist.
My father in law was the victim of a fraudster, he handed over a large amount of money for cars which he never received. To cut a long story short this fraudster was jailed for 3 years in 2008, after admitting a total of 14 offences, some for fraud and some for deception. There were about 7 victims that we know of who reported him to the authorities. My father in law handed over approx. £25,000 and he had defrauded around £130,000 in total.
My question is can my father in law bring a civil case against him now to try to make him pay back the money taken, or could he apply for a charge to be put on his property? have we left it too long to claim?
The fraudster applied to the court before the trial to protect his house from being seized as he had children living in the house wiht his wife.
Any advice would be gratefully received
My father in law was the victim of a fraudster, he handed over a large amount of money for cars which he never received. To cut a long story short this fraudster was jailed for 3 years in 2008, after admitting a total of 14 offences, some for fraud and some for deception. There were about 7 victims that we know of who reported him to the authorities. My father in law handed over approx. £25,000 and he had defrauded around £130,000 in total.
My question is can my father in law bring a civil case against him now to try to make him pay back the money taken, or could he apply for a charge to be put on his property? have we left it too long to claim?
The fraudster applied to the court before the trial to protect his house from being seized as he had children living in the house wiht his wife.
Any advice would be gratefully received
