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Bankrupt from Clacton-on-Sea has been sentenced after he tried to conceal property transferred to his ex-partner in an attempt to avoid paying his creditors.
Unregulated company that provided online platform for currency market trading has been wound up following an Insolvency Service investigation.
Liverpool publishers wound-up by the court after falsifying links to the emergency services and charities to secure more than £63,000 in advertising revenues.
A Preston company that managed two pension schemes has been wound-up by the court after failing to properly maintain £14 million worth of members’ funds.
Former resident of Burton-on-Trent has bankruptcy restrictions extended by eight years after he failed to disclose £75,000 spent in months preceding his bankruptcy.
Four connected companies wound up after they were found to fraudulently secure close to $600,000 from overseas investors.
“Do not engage with recovery schemes” warns the Official Receiver to those who previously invested funds through Essex and London Properties Limited.
In 2018/19, 1,242 directors were disqualified for misconduct and the Insolvency Service has taken a closer look at those people who received substantial bans.
The summer 2019 edition of our newsletter is now available.
A magazine publisher based in The Wirral that falsely claimed to produce magazines supporting the emergency services has been wound up in court.
Two directors from the North-west banned for 16 years after lack of oversight led to a £7.6 million shortfall in monies being held for insolvent estates.
Former solicitor has bankruptcy restrictions extended for nine years after he made loans to clients using money that was held in trust by the firm.
Stakeholders are being asked to give views on the current regulatory framework for insolvency practitioners in the UK following changes introduced in 2015.
A convicted counterfeit watch dealer from Brighton has had his bankruptcy restrictions extended for eight years.
Disqualified boss sentenced after using his son and long-term associate as directors to help him run Halifax company illegally behind the scenes.
A Spalding company director who submitted fraudulent insurance claims for stolen agricultural equipment has received a 12-year bankruptcy restrictions order.
Lincolnshire auctioneer who helped a company in administration dispose of assets to the detriment of its creditors has had his bankruptcy restrictions extended.
Student housing investors have been jailed after establishing a ‘Ponzi’-type scheme to pay-off financiers of their previously failed companies.
Two companies that failed to supply over £3 million of popular toys and gadgets in time for Christmas have been wound-up in Court.
Textile boss who diverted half a million pounds of company funds for his own benefit has accepted seven years of additional bankruptcy restrictions.
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