Would you accept having your bank account checked?

gjw59help said:

As long as people are being paid for by"cash in hand" ie mobile hairdressers DJ's and many others taking over £1000 a week and stating they earn a couple of hundred then claim Universal Credit there will always be fraud getting everyone tarred with the same brush so not sure if checking bank accounts will sort it out

It's funny that you mention DJ's who in the main deal only in cash.
That is so true and to be honest I could go back to the early 60's & 70's when it was rife. But you forget musicians. I have been involved in that industry on a part time/week end basis since the early 60's. All of the income that we earned as a 4 piece rock band was always cash in hand and if they wanted a signature in the book - it was either Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck etc. It was how it was and still is to some degree.
I do have to be honest that what we each made always went on travelling costs, repairs to equipment and new instruments leaving just enough for a few pints each after each gig!
Over the years I have played for many of the well known pop artistes as a backing band. Gerry Marsden, Freddie Garrity, Susan Maughan etc etc.  Most are now either dead or in a care home but younger ones I still see and meet up when they are gigging locally. I haven't played at that level since February 1980 when I met my second wife at a gig at what is now the Manchester O2 - formerly known as 'The Ritz'.  She 'persuaded' me to settle down!! Although she did allow me 9 years ago, not to play though, but meet up with my young cousin, Jason, guitarist of 'The Brew' at the 100 Club in London where he was playing a one nighter.



 

vikingqueen said:

     Oh @2oldcodgers me thinks you tell tall tales  Why on earth would you be told someone walked into a dealership with £120k and then proceed to tell you they tried to commit bank fraud!!! 
    My son-in-law deals with an awful lot of cash in his business and needs paperwork to show the bank where the money has come from, even for a paltry sum of £10k 

Tales? I seem to have a more interesting life than you.
Ok there is no bank fraud involved. The money he used to buy the vehicle came from the government to keep the business going through the lockdown. He didn't need the money but it was more or less given to him with no questions asked. So he thought that he might as well by a company vehicle for himself with it. He was a little annoyed that they would not take cash. So his wife totted up the time spent on her husband's business and charged him accordingly. She then bought the car and included it as a company asset in her business. Absolutely legal and above board.
There was no need for the vehicle as such or the money but they thought it best to spend it. The guy in question is a family friend.