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A specialist horse researcher has been jailed for 4-and-a-half years after she defrauded a series of organisations to clear her debts.
Interior design company has been wound up in by the courts after it was found to be used as a vehicle to fraudulently secure credit.
Two garage bosses banned after they allowed a disqualified director, who happened to be their husband and ex-husband respectively, to run their company.
Leicester taxi driver has had his bankruptcy restrictions extended by nine years after he gifted property to family members to avoid paying creditors.
November 2018 saw the Insolvency Service grant its 250,000 Debt Relief Order, providing a low cost debt relief solution to a quarter of a million people.
Personal injury claims boss jailed for 21 months after fraudulently removing company funds in the months before the courts would make a winding-up order resulting in the closure of the business.
A property investment company, which operated a ‘Ponzi scheme’, shut down by the High Court for misusing close to £20m of investors’ money.
Beyond Vision Media Ltd (BVM), becomes the fourth of a group of connected companies to be shut down in the public interest.
Two linked companies that claimed to be able to recover funds for people who had lost money in alternative investments have been ordered into liquidation by the High Court.
Redundancy Payment Service helpline phone line isn’t operational due to a power outage.
Two London printers have been shut down by the courts for failing to complete contracts despite receiving advanced payments.
Birmingham travel agent has been jailed and banned from running companies after he failed to explain the whereabouts of thousands of pounds of missing funds.
Six men have been sentenced for a total of just over 30 years for their part in a £17 million solar panel fraud scheme.
Bluethorne Trading Limited, a company claiming to be involved in the Interior Design business, has been placed into provisional liquidation.
Director of a company that manufactured security systems receives a two year prison sentence for defrauding his creditors to the tune of £600,000.
As part of National Customer Service Week, the Insolvency Service is celebrating the hard work of staff delivering excellent customer service to the public.
Three companies involved with introducing employers to pension schemes have been wound up by the courts for misleading their clients.
A book publisher has been shut down by the High Court for falsely claiming to be connected with the emergency services.
A restaurateur with eateries in London’s West End has been jailed for 14 months after he continued to run companies despite previous ban.
Healthcare supplement company ordered into liquidation in the High Court after it was found to have taken advantage of elderly and vulnerable customers.
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