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Blackburn tour operator jailed for Covid loan fraud

Blackburn tour operator jailed for Covid loan fraud

Friday, 19 September 2025

Bounce Back Loan fraudster jailed following Insolvency Service investigations ...

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Top businesswoman banned as company director over Covid loan abuse

Top businesswoman banned as company director over Covid loan abuse

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Eleven-year director ban for businesswoman who breached Covid loan rules...

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Yorkshire scaffolding boss ordered to repay £100,000 Covid funds he fraudulently obtained in full plus interest

Yorkshire scaffolding boss ordered to repay £100,000 Covid funds he fraudulently obtained in full plus interest

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

The director was convicted earlier this year following Insolvency Service investigations? ...

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London Covid fraudster jailed after using fraudulently obtained Bounce Back Loans to fund trading in Ghana

London Covid fraudster jailed after using fraudulently obtained Bounce Back Loans to fund trading in Ghana

Thursday, 11 September 2025

Jail term for Bounce Back Loan fraudster who exploited government scheme ...

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Joiner who ignored director ban and allowed companies to rack up tax debts of more than £300,000 is sentenced

Joiner who ignored director ban and allowed companies to rack up tax debts of more than £300,000 is sentenced

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Suspended sentence for director who breached his disqualification ...

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Cleaning company which took thousands for services it did not provide is shut down

Cleaning company which took thousands for services it did not provide is shut down

Monday, 08 September 2025

London-based SOFY 82 UK Ltd offered rental tenants a ‘100 per cent deposit return guarantee’ for cleaning services which were not carried out and then...

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Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited in liquidation: information for employees, customers, suppliers, creditors and landlords.

Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited in liquidation: information for employees, customers, suppliers, creditors and landlords.

Thursday, 28 August 2025

On 1 August 2025, a winding-up order was made against Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited. The court appointed the Official Receiver, ...

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Speciality Steel UK Limited in Liquidation: information for creditors, sub contractors, customers and suppliers.

Speciality Steel UK Limited in Liquidation: information for creditors, sub contractors, customers and suppliers.

Friday, 22 August 2025

On 21 August 2025, a winding-up order was made against Speciality Steel UK Limited, and the court appointed the Official Receiver, Gareth Jonathan All...

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Sunderland based debt collection agencies shut down after keeping client funds they recovered

Sunderland based debt collection agencies shut down after keeping client funds they recovered

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Companies wound-up by the High Court following Insolvency Service investigations ...

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Director of century old Scottish machinery firm banned after under declaring VAT by more than £1.5 million

Director of century old Scottish machinery firm banned after under declaring VAT by more than £1.5 million

Tuesday, 12 August 2025

The company entered administration owing more than £3 million...

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Six year directorship ban for construction boss who sold £100,000 of classic cars for just £1

Six year directorship ban for construction boss who sold £100,000 of classic cars for just £1

Tuesday, 05 August 2025

The director sold at least £1.5 million of company assets in total ...

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Directors banned after Stoke firm made hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls

Directors banned after Stoke firm made hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls

Thursday, 31 July 2025

The company also received a £150,000 fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office ...

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Five companies shut down for filing false and forged accounts

Five companies shut down for filing false and forged accounts

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Companies falsely claimed to have hundreds of millions of pounds in turnover and profits ...

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Businessman jailed after failing to disclose £130,000 in assets and obtaining thousands in credit during bankruptcy order

Businessman jailed after failing to disclose £130,000 in assets and obtaining thousands in credit during bankruptcy order

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Helim Miah, from Cardiff, continued to obtain credit and operated as a company director, all while bankrupt – he has been jailed for more than four ye...

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World sprint champion sentenced after using Covid loans to help buy £1.3 million home

World sprint champion sentenced after using Covid loans to help buy £1.3 million home

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Athlete sentenced for Bounce Back Loan fraud...

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Insolvency Service reveals £57 million returned to the economy and thousands supported through financial distress

Insolvency Service reveals £57 million returned to the economy and thousands supported through financial distress

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

The Insolvency Service has ‘made significant strides in improving services and delivering value to customers’, says interim Chief Executive Alec Pybus...

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Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud

Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud

Friday, 18 July 2025

Composer sentenced for Bounce Back Loan abuse following Insolvency Service investigations...

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Insolvency Service launches ambitious strategy to tackle economic crime and improve corporate standards

Insolvency Service launches ambitious strategy to tackle economic crime and improve corporate standards

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

New five-year strategy commits agency to prominent role in fight against economic crime...

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Birmingham fraudster spent part of Covid loan funds at safari park, restaurants and paying off personal credit card debt

Birmingham fraudster spent part of Covid loan funds at safari park, restaurants and paying off personal credit card debt

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Money from the loans was only supposed to be used for the economic benefit of the business ...

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UK based crypto business shut down following worldwide complaints

UK based crypto business shut down following worldwide complaints

Thursday, 10 July 2025

The Insolvency Service investigated complaints made to Action Fraud from people in Estonia, Mauritania, Iran, New Zealand, Poland and Romania. ...

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London building contractor banned as company director and ordered to repay Covid loan funds with interest

London building contractor banned as company director and ordered to repay Covid loan funds with interest

Tuesday, 01 July 2025

Director disqualification and compensation order for Bounce Back loan abuse...

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Dubai based director who falsified VAT returns banned after his four companies owed HMRC more than £1 million

Dubai based director who falsified VAT returns banned after his four companies owed HMRC more than £1 million

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Director submitted falsified documentation to reclaim VAT ...

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Construction director sentenced after failing to explain almost £500,000 worth of transfers out of company account

Construction director sentenced after failing to explain almost £500,000 worth of transfers out of company account

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Suspended sentence for director who did not deliver accounting records to the liquidator ...

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Director of mobile phone shops given suspended sentence for £150,000 Covid loan fraud 

Director of mobile phone shops given suspended sentence for £150,000 Covid loan fraud 

Friday, 13 June 2025

Zahid Afzal, of Pembrokeshire, fraudulently claimed extra Covid Bounce Back loans for his phone sales and merchandise companies. ...

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Management consultant who ‘wanted to get as much money as he could’ banned as a director for 11 years after securing two Covid loans

Management consultant who ‘wanted to get as much money as he could’ banned as a director for 11 years after securing two Covid loans

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Romain McLean, from Brent, exaggerated the turnover of RMC Associates Limited to secure two Bounce Back loans....

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Football betting firm boss banned after company went into administration owing investors more than £10 million

Football betting firm boss banned after company went into administration owing investors more than £10 million

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

The company was making substantial losses when it accepted additional investment from bondholders it was never going to be able to repay ...

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Woman invented business to claim Covid loan then sent money to Poland

Woman invented business to claim Covid loan then sent money to Poland

Monday, 09 June 2025

Jagoda Rubaszko guilty of fraud after inventing a business to apply for a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan which she then sent to bank accounts in Polan...

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Insolvency Service appoints first dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets such as Bitcoin

Insolvency Service appoints first dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets such as Bitcoin

Monday, 09 June 2025

New crypto specialist will help the agency trace rising number of digital assets held by individuals in bankruptcy and criminal cases ...

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Hobbycraft Trading Limited Company Voluntary Arrangement: Information for employees

Hobbycraft Trading Limited Company Voluntary Arrangement: Information for employees

Friday, 06 June 2025

Hobbycraft Trading Limited entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement on 13 May 2025. The company is continuing to trade as it restructures its operatio...

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Appliance servicing company which used high pressure sales tactics on elderly and vulnerable is shut down

Appliance servicing company which used high pressure sales tactics on elderly and vulnerable is shut down

Thursday, 05 June 2025

UK Service Plan Ltd pressured elderly people – some of whom had Alzheimer’s and dementia – into service agreements to protect household appliances. ...

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