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Multi-million pound scam shut down by Insolvency Service

16 May 2013 13:00

Three unscrupulous companies that continued a land banking scam previously carried out by Century Land - itself shut down for ripping off the public - and sold carbon credits to investors, have been wound up following an Insolvency Service investigation.

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Essex letting agent banned for seven years for failing to protect tenant deposits

14 May 2013 16:10

Philip Secunda, a director of Town & Country Letting & Management Limited (T&CL&M), based in Leigh on Sea, Essex has been disqualified from acting as a company director for seven years for failing to secure and pass on tenants deposits.

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AMENDED: Maximum disqualification term for disgraced international tour boss

10 May 2013 13:45

Abdulkadir Aydin, the sole director of Goldtrail Travel Limited Travel ('Goldtrail), a holiday company based in New Malden, Surrey, has received a 15-year director disqualification - the maximum possible term - from the High Court in London for gross mismangement of the company's affairs.

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Jail and community service for directors for flouting previous ban

09 May 2013 10:30

David Robert Shannon, 50, a disqualified director has been sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 150 hours of unpaid work for controlling a company against court orders.

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Essex tackle store boss gets five-year ban for fishy book-keeping

26 April 2013 09:30

Ronald Francis Jackson, director of fishing tackle and equipment store Hooked (UK) Limited, in Benfleet, Essex, has been disqualified for five years for failing to keep proper accounts, following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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Carbon credit companies closed down following investigation

24 April 2013 10:52

Three connected companies that purported to sell carbon credits and Voluntary Emission Reductions (“VERs”), to the public as investments have been wound up in the public interest by the High Court in London, following petitions by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovations and Skills.

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Mobile home services providers immobilised by Insolvency Service

24 April 2013 10:00

Three companies that supplied essential services to mobile homes run by a nationwide operator based in Essex were wound up on 15 April 2013 up by the High Court in the public interest following investigations by the Insolvency Service.

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Eight year suspension for London schoolwear boss who faked sales to borrow

19 April 2013 10:00

Leslie William Stephens, the director of school clothing company, S’coolwear For Less Limited, based in Henlow, Bedfordshire has been disqualified for eight years for borrowing from the bank against sales that never actually took place. The disqualification follows an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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Essex payroll boss banned for six years failure to keep accounts

16 April 2013 12:00

Adrian Antonie Parson, director of Quantum Solutions (Kent) Limited, a payroll company in Grays, Essex, has been banned from acting as a director for six years for failing to keep proper accounts, following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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Five year bans for data entry duo who cheated tax man out of £1 million

12 April 2013 10:00

Howard Martin Davies and Jeremy Francis Davies, directors of a data processing company in Putney, south west London have been disqualified from acting as company directors for five years each for failing to pay tax. The disqualifications follow an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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