Wow. Glad your folks put their foot down or that is exactly what would have happened. People think relatives that live abroad are rich by default.

Honestly, us desis could start a sub with all the stories we have. My mom had a shop in her name. Dad's sibling sold it off to "help" my mom who wasn't present to make the transaction herself. We don't know where the money went. Mom isn't allowed to ask. We can't say anything because the sibling is "a good person."

Same sibling routinely pockets money left over from amounts my dad remits (eg his intention is to remit X amount of rupees but because of exchange rates it arrives there as X+n. 'n' disappears, every time.

I could go on.