I will cut a long story short. My 19yo cousin has been staying with us over the summer holiday (9 weeks) without any form of financial contribution. On top of saving for the wedding FI and I have been covering ALL of his living expenses. He got a bit of money from my Aunt & Uncle in December and selfishly spent it all on himself.
In December FI got an unauthorized charge against his credit card which we had been using to pay vendors in Vegas. Ofcourse we thought we had been scammed, disputed the charge and canceled the card.
Fast forward to yesterday we got the summary from FIs bank fraud investigation unit which showed that my cousin basically stole FIs credit card for an online purchase. At this point we reviewed FIs statements which showed that my cousin stole FIs card (the new reissued card) again in January for another online transaction.
Ofcourse the twit denied it even though the evidence was clear. Eventually he admitted but only after FI threatened to press charges for 2 counts of Fraud. We asked cousin to move out and notified his parents (my aunt and uncle who are invited to the wedding).
Im so uncontrollably pissed. Not only does FI have to cancel his card again, we have been ripped off to the tune of $250 AND who knows whether he stole cash when he was digging around FIs wallet. Having him in our home has cost us heaps of money in food and increased bills which we could have put on the wedding.
Im also worried that things will be awkward between FI and my aunt/uncle at the wedding. This whole situation is just gutting and not what we need 72 days out :-(
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