The Tölzer family is the victim of an account robbery “All my money … all gone”

Created: 12/21/2022, 06:30

By: Felicitas Bogner

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After an account was plundered, a Tölz family lacks any glimmer of hope.

Financial worries overwhelm her.

Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen –

Actually, she was looking forward to her pension.

"I wanted to enjoy my free time.

After all, I worked 47 years of my life.” But then things turned out differently.

"Now, every night before I go to sleep, I just wish I didn't have to wake up again." Who says that?

It's Hannah M. (name changed by editors).

She sits at the conference table in the newspaper office and struggles for words.

Fate, little money, a fire and now an account plunder have robbed the mother of two of all her zest for life.

After Brand, mother has to move from Munich to Bad Tölz with two sons

"When my husband died, I lived with my sons in an apartment near the Ludwig Maximilian University," she begins to tell her story.

M. obviously finds it difficult to put what happened into words.

"I keep losing the thread." Her son Thomas M. (name also changed by the editors) sits next to his mother and stands in for her.

"My father worked at the university and we were able to stay in the apartment after his death."

However, a devastating fire broke out in this apartment in Schwabing in 2015.

"We had to get out of the apartment and couldn't find anything new in Munich." After a long search, the family got an apartment in the Tölzer Land from the former employer of the deceased father.

“We had no choice but to accept that.

But it was very difficult for me to move to the country.

I really miss the big city with all the people around me," says M.

“Were glad to have a roof over our heads”

The family came to terms with the situation.

"We were happy to have a roof over our heads," says Hannah M.. However, things haven't gone uphill since then.

"Unfortunately, the pension I get is just barely enough to make ends meet," she explains.

Her sons cannot provide much support because they are currently unable to work due to illness.

"Sleep disorders and neurological twitches," adds Thomas M.

In the summer of this year, the family was hit hard.

"We became victims of an account looting," explains the 33-year-old son.

“At the beginning of August I wanted to make the pending transfers for my mother.

Suddenly I see that the entire account is empty,” he reports.

Tears welled up in his mother's eyes.

"I still can't believe it to this day.

All my money... all gone.”

The M. family immediately contacted the bank and the police.

“No one at the bank would help us, they just said we added another device for online banking.

But we don't have that,” emphasizes Thomas M. He puts the bank statements on the table.

These show that on July 31, 220 euros were transferred from the account to a company in Hong Kong several times.

Until the account was empty.

"I can't explain how that could have happened," mother and son shake their heads in bewilderment.

"When we filed a complaint, the police officers gave us little hope that we would ever see our money again," reports Hannah M. The most humiliating thing was that a police officer recommended that the complaint be withdrawn, since it was just about almost 1,800 euros,” says Hannah M.

"I want to fight to get my money back"

Even going to the bank hasn't helped so far.

"They said something like this can happen to anyone and there's nothing they can do.

Apparently that happens more often,” M. admits sobered.

In an emergency, her son contacted the aid organization “Weiße Ring”.

"We couldn't pay anymore.

Our landlord immediately threatened to be evicted, even though it was the very first time that we didn't pay the rent on time." Since then, the family has gotten into a vicious circle.

"We borrowed money from everywhere - including privately - to continue paying the rent and utilities, but our debts kept piling up."

She could hardly bear the burden any longer.

In addition to financial relief, it is M.'s wish to be able to get help from a lawyer.

"I want to fight back and fight to get my money back.

I can never win against a bank without a lawyer,” M. is certain.

You can find more current news from the region around Bad Tölz at Merkur.de/Bad Tölz.