tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2025-06-13T10:45:37+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/director-of-mobile-phone-shops-given-suspended-sentence-for-150000-covid-loan-fraud 2025-06-13T10:45:37+01:00

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

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/management-consultant-who-wanted-to-get-as-much-money-as-he-could-banned-as-a-director-for-11-years-after-securing-two-covid-loans 2025-06-11T12:11:26+01:00

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

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/football-betting-firm-boss-banned-after-company-went-into-administration-owing-investors-more-than-10-million 2025-06-10T09:37:14+01:00

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp company was making substantial losses when it accepted additional investment from bondholders it was never going to be able to repay

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/woman-invented-business-to-claim-covid-loan-then-sent-money-to-poland 2025-06-09T15:49:48+01:00

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 Poland

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/insolvency-service-appoints-first-dedicated-crypto-specialist-to-help-recover-online-assets-such-as-bitcoin 2025-06-09T13:08:44+01:00

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

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/hobbycraft-trading-limited-company-voluntary-arrangement-information-for-employees 2025-06-06T10:10:44+01:00

Hobbycraft Trading Limited entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement on 13 May 2025. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp company is continuing to trade as it restructures its operations.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/appliance-servicing-company-which-used-high-pressure-sales-tactics-on-elderly-and-vulnerable-is-shut-down 2025-06-06T00:00:00+01:00

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

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/former-world-darts-champion-rob-cross-banned-as-director-over-unpaid-taxes 2025-06-05T09:31:48+01:00

Darts professional banned after company failed to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/insolvency-service-publishes-new-individual-voluntary-arrangement-protocol-to-help-protect-people-in-debt 2025-05-30T14:58:59+01:00

New protocol is the result of the agency working with organisations across the sector to improve support for people considering an IVA.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/highly-deceptive-fraudster-secured-covid-loan-funds-under-his-wifes-name-and-claimed-innocent-member-of-the-public-was-his-boss 2025-05-28T13:20:06+01:00

Bounce Back Loan fraudster also produced false invoice to liquidator

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/husband-and-wife-directors-banned-after-taking-payments-for-singing-waiters-when-company-was-insolvent 2025-05-28T10:00:51+01:00

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp company continued to take deposits and full payments when it was insolvent

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/mum-paid-daughter-almost-200000-in-company-money-from-failing-scottish-machinery-parts-firm 2025-05-23T09:49:38+01:00

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp company owed hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors at the time

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/director-disqualified-for-11-years-after-dishonestly-securing-covid-loan-for-lincoln-plumbing-and-heating-company 2025-05-20T09:30:30+01:00

Carl Barnes, the director of Central Plumbing & Heating Lincoln Ltd, made false statements about the company’s turnover to secure a Bounce Back loan �

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/recruitment-consultant-sentenced-after-fraudulently-using-covid-loans-for-personal-purposes 2025-05-19T14:54:33+01:00

Suspended sentence for Bounce Back Loan fraudster

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/former-chinese-takeaway-owner-sentenced-after-spending-money-on-apple-and-burberry-products-instead-of-paying-vat-bill 2025-05-19T11:24:43+01:00

Suspended sentence for bankrupt who defrauded HMRC

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/refunds-still-available-for-4000-people-who-didnt-submit-their-debt-relief-order-application 2025-05-16T14:27:31+01:00

People who started a debt relief order application before April 2024 but did not complete the process are being offered refunds for any fees paid

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/seven-year-ban-for-suffolk-car-wash-owner-who-employed-illegal-workers 2025-05-16T00:00:00+01:00

Four illegal workers were discovered by Immigration Enforcement officers

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/covid-fraud-investigations-to-be-led-by-insolvency-service 2025-05-15T10:22:49+01:00

Insolvency Service to take over NATIS’s ongoing covid fraud investigations

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/insolvency-service-to-take-on-the-work-of-the-national-investigation-service 2025-05-15T00:00:00+01:00

Move will see transfer of casework relating to COVID-19 loan fraud

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/renewable-energy-company-which-failed-to-deliver-customer-orders-is-shut-down 2025-05-12T12:41:04+01:00

Renugen Limited, based in Kent, was subject to a winding up order following an investigation by the Insolvency Service