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Two companies who fraudulently applied for thousands of pounds worth of COVID support loans have been wound up in the courts.
Nottingham-based company ran unregistered pension scheme, risking over £200,000 from people’s pensions.
East Kilbride double glazing firm run by Hagit and Gary Fieldman disqualified after failing to keep records to explain where millions went.
Isaac Jacobson, 51, from Salford, was serving a 7-year disqualification undertaking but ran a phoenixed company.
Nigel Stirk gets 5 year ban after his company cold called clients and used false information to persuade them to make a claim.
Laurie Gray disqualified for 6 years after care home went into liquidation with no explanation for hundreds of thousands of pounds leaving company accounts.
A former RAF serviceman who took more than £41,000 from his friends to fund his gambling habit has had his bankruptcy restrictions extended.
David Smalley failed to keep records and told investigators he was not in control of his company after trying to reclaim £3.3m in VAT.
Builder given 12 months community order and ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work after acting as director whilst bankrupt
A builder who charged more than £600,000 on projects despite being bankrupt, and left one couple forced to live in a mobile home, has been sentenced today.
Brothers operated three Indian restaurants and systematically under-reported earnings, leaving taxpayers over half a million pounds out of pocket
The government will legislate to increase the number of people eligible for Debt Relief orders, helping more people to get out of problem debt.
Maria Marston took £55,000 from a friend, promising to repay it when she inherited a £3.5 million trust fund that didn’t actually exist.
Director disqualified for 12 years and five other companies wound-up in the public interest after fraudulently claiming COVID-19 business support.
Suspended sentence and unpaid work ordered for Somerset woman who was running a wine firm despite being disqualified.
Financial adviser banned for 13 years after costing clients over £24 million from their pension funds due to high risk unregulated investments
The Government has extended temporary insolvency measures providing further support to businesses during the pandemic.
The Insolvency Service is launching a new academic research and technical conference and we’re inviting interested parties to submit papers.
Two IT companies wound up by courts for generating unsolicited pop-ups that misled people into thinking there was a fault with their computer
Broker from Southampton who traded while insolvent and failed to pay creditors £140,000 has been disqualified for 7 years.
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