How on earth would finances be so tied that the parent would have the child’s credit card? Or access to checks?
It’s all possible, I suppose. But this sounds like a spoiled brat who didn’t get to go to Disney.
I officed with another attorney who was routinely representing a third attorney’s wife who would apply for credit in her adult kids’ socials, steal their credit/debit cards out of their my wallets (the adult ones that still lived at home), find and steal cash that her husband had hidden in the house, (he was too under her spell to realize he should never leave cash in the house—clients frequently paid him in cash). She would buy a peloton or other expensive crap and not pay it off, she ruined their and their children’s credit. This attorney friend of mine got cancer and while he was in treatment, his wife charged $40,000 worth of purses and hid the bills. He found them later after he was sued for the outstanding balances plus attorney fees, and my attorney friend number 1 negotiated a settlement with my attorney friend number 2 to settle for $10,000. This charge was in the name of one of their sons. I hope me putting this on here doesn’t give anybody any ideas. Protect your social security numbers. Don’t send them online in emails or leave them lying around. Redact them in documents. Don’t match them up with your names.