Financial AbuseFinancial abuse is the unauthorised or illegal use of a person's property, money or possessions. It can take many forms, including a person:
- limiting the financial independence of someone else, e.g making a person ask for money that is rightfully theirs
- stealing another person's welfare benefits
- pressurising someone to hand over money
- taking control of another person's bank account
- stealing from a family member
- pressurising someone to re-write their will
- stealing money from a person in their care