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Enforcement

New investigative powers: enforcement success thanks to teamwork

Steven Fifer, 19 October 2022 - Disqualification, Enforcement, Investigation and enforcement

At the end of 2021, the Insolvency Service secured new powers to tackle directors from abusing the dissolution process and walking away without paying their debts. In this blog, we explore how the agency secured several disqualifications in 2022 using the new powers to tackle bounce back loan abuse.

Collaborative enforcement: Jail for carbon credit fraudsters

Joe Peacock, 17 November 2021 - Company investigations, Disqualification, Enforcement, Fraud

Joe is a Senior Investigator at the Insolvency Service. In this blog, Joe writes about how a multi-agency collaboration helped protect the public from scammers.

Company investigation and enforcement: The Focusplay Retirement Benefits Scheme

David Hope, 12 May 2021 - Company investigations, Enforcement

Roger Bessent, a former pension trustee, was recently jailed for fraud. Read about how the Insolvency Service collaborated with the The Pensions Regulator throughout our joint investigations.

Lifting the mist on the fight against fraud

Glenn Wicks, 29 January 2020 - Disqualification, Enforcement, Fraud

Our Chief Investigation Officer discusses the good work done by our investigation and enforcement team in tackling fraud, scammers, and rip-offs.

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