Vodafone makes mother of disabled 21-year old pay $3000 USD for new phones it sent him

Claire Hardwick is the mother of 21-year old Nick, who suffers from learning disabilities. She has recently paid U.K. carrier Vodafone a total amount of over $ 3000 USD by direct debit, for eight new smartphones her son ordered and received over a short period of time. Nick is unemployed because of his disability, and cannot manage a bank account. Yet, he managed to get Vodafone to send him the handsets, which his mother believes that he sold for cash.

Even though she has been paying the bills for the account, Vodafone at first would not speak to Claire about what was going on because the …