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Tony Hetherington is financial Mail’s lead investigator on Sunday, fighting in the corners of readers, revealing the fact that he closed doors and won victories for those left out. Find out how to play it below.
Ms. K. C. writes: I have been dealing with the Child Support Service (CMS) for two years, and the combination of your incompetence and the fact that my former spouse is in the military has made things horrible. The CMS eventually issued a “profit deduction request,” but the military refused to comply. Apparently, they can do it. My ex now owes more than 5, 000 euros in debt to our son.
Last year, his former partner, who serves in the Royal Marines, won £719 a week. On this basis, the CMS estimates that it deserves to pay lately 73 euros consistent with the week for your child’s.
Rules: MoD has its thing with the CMS
However, the bills he made ran out last year. However, it is not entirely accurate to say that the army refused to deduct the cash from their pay. But I understand why you think it happened.
Members of the armed forces are not treated the same as civilians. The CMS does not have the legal authority to enforce food deductions on the payment to serve in the forces.
The CMS sends a request to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), requesting the recovery of payments. The Ministry of Defence then contacts the paying father and his commanding officer.
His former partner has six weeks to respond to the Department of Defense, and this time he is questioned through his commander, who can tell the Department of Defense if there is any reason for the army why no payroll deductions should be made.
This could cause some delay if, for example, the member of the force is absent for operational reasons.
And most sensible of that, the Ministry of Defence has the right to have members of the forces entitled to a “minimum extraction rate,” ensuring that their net wage does not fall below a safe level, regardless of what they deserve. pay for maintenance.
The Ministry of Defence actually has a formal agreement with the CMS that covers how it will honor, or not, the children’s claims.
But one spokesman told me, “The Ministry of Defence continues to respect the agreement we have reached with the child care service.” So what about your claim? The Department of Defense simply refused to say.
However, I have been successful with the Department of Work and Pensions, which oversees the CMS.
Helpful officials agreed to look back through the CMS files, and discovered a terrible error that expired last year.
The CMS has sent an updated payment program to the Ministry of Defence, but it did not.
Simply put, they sent documents to the Ministry of Defence asking for deductions from their ex-partner’s salary, but any detailed schedule specifying dates and amounts.
The missing timetable has been published and the Ministry of Defence has shown that it has arrived.
It will come into force this month and the arrears will be extended and recovered, in addition to the fundamental 73s consistent with the week. I am aware that you have also earned 75 euros from the CMS as an apology for your mismanagement.
One spokesman told me, “We apologize because an administrative error resulted in late payments, and now we have deduced the Defense Department’s profit claim for payments.”
If you are a victim of a monetary failure, write to Tony Hetherington at Financial Mail, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TS or email [email protected].
Due to the large volume of queries, a non-public reaction cannot occur. Send only copies of the original documents, which we cannot return.
The insolvency service has won a High Court order to close an online cryptocurrency trading company that has deceived investors for more than 1.5 million pounds. GPay Limited, in Slough, Berkshire, also used the names XtraderFX and Cryptopoint.
Researchers found that after responding to the announcement by depositing the investment budget, GPay raised barriers to block withdrawals.
There were no restrictions on depositing money, however, anyone trying to make a withdrawal asked to provide photo ID, application invoices, debit card or credit card details. Some were also informed that withdrawals were not allowed until they had actively negotiated with the funds, thus ensuring that they would lose.
David Hill, a chief investigator for the Insolvency Service, said: ‘This was nothing but a scam, as GPay tricked their clients to use their online platform under false pretences, and no customer has benefited as their investments have been lost.’
I reported in March how a Mail on Sunday reader lost $8,000 to GPay, then stole another £5,000 when the company announced that it would pay for his credit card, but instead used the main points of the card to borrow even more.
The Financial Conduct Authority has put a warning on its online page in 2018, saying that GPay is not authorized as an investment firm, but that it does not appear to have taken additional steps to prevent it.
The alleged GPay leader, Israeli businessman Gal Barak, has been arrested in Bulgaria and now faces charges by Austrian prosecutors.
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