Not a lot of people realize, but banking system in UK doesn't verify anything except numbers. There was a radio show on LBC (i think) where someone called in about misspelled name on his wage payments for years and as a test presenter tried to transfer money and pay money over the counter to his own bank account but to the name of Miss Ann Y. Name and it didn't matter whatsoever. Each payment was accepted and no one questioned that account is to completely different name. A week later they also tested cheque payments and one of two banks actually paid personal cheque signed with different name ie. Mick Mouse.