I was broke when I ran for TAFF, and I was never tempted to take a penny out of the fund. TAFF winners have frequently been people with low income and this has never happened before it did with Frost.
I understand what happened to Abi, and I don't think she actually stole money from TAFF, either. I think what happened is just what she said: Having no other place to run the cheques through, she put them in her own account, which had an overdraught, and the bank simply appropriated the money and wouldn't let her have it back. It was stupid, but I don't think she anticipated that this would happen. (This problem has recently been solved as British banks have created "club accounts" that TAFF can run through without the costs and difficulties of a business account - although I'm not aware of whether one has actually been set up.)
So what happened this time? What's the excuse, and why didn't she have to suffer the same public opprobrium that Abi did?
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Date: 2004-11-16 10:26 am (UTC)I understand what happened to Abi, and I don't think she actually stole money from TAFF, either. I think what happened is just what she said: Having no other place to run the cheques through, she put them in her own account, which had an overdraught, and the bank simply appropriated the money and wouldn't let her have it back. It was stupid, but I don't think she anticipated that this would happen. (This problem has recently been solved as British banks have created "club accounts" that TAFF can run through without the costs and difficulties of a business account - although I'm not aware of whether one has actually been set up.)
So what happened this time? What's the excuse, and why didn't she have to suffer the same public opprobrium that Abi did?