Julian Hanson – why pension scammers must be prosecuted. And jailed. BARRATT AND DALTON PENSION SCAM: The Pensions Regulator has announced that on 23 January 2018, four pension scammers have been ordered to pay back £13.7 million they stole from their victims. BARRATT AND DALTON PENSION LIBERATION SCAM: 245 victims had their pension funds stolen […]
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The Scorpion Campaign was the Pensions Regulator’s attempt to warn the public and the industry against pension liberation scams. It wasn’t a bad try, but it failed. It was a bit like trying to stop a herd of stampeding elephants with a whoopee cushion. Henry Tapper, pensions actuary and dedicated blogger on pensions, posted this:
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HOW THE KJK INVESTMENTS AND G LOANS PENSION LIBERATION SCAM WORKED Members were told their pensions would be transferred into a SIPP managed by Corporate and Professional SIPP providers and a separate loan would be arranged through G Loans which was certified to be non-taxable by Optimum Tax Solutions. Now the victims are facing 55%
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THE WAY THE WINDSOR PENSIONS PENSION LIBERATION SCAM WORKED Members were persuaded to transfer their pension into a QROPS and with a hefty transfer fee of at least 10%. The rest was liberated with no attempt to even try to clock the transaction in a “loan” vehicle. In fact, the transfers never went anywhere near
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HOW THE WESTMINSTER PENSION SCAM WORKED The Westminster pension scam was administered by Stephen Ward among others. Same sponsoring employer as Capita Oak i.e. R. P. Medplant Ltd. Cyprus. Same transfer administration spreadsheet using the same colours, spelling mistakes, names etc. The trustee of the Westminster pension scam was Thames Trustees. The trustee of the
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HOW THE LONDON QUANTUM PENSION SCAM WORKED The London Quantum pension scam was the brainchild of Stephen Ward. Ward’s firm Dorrixo Alliance was the trustee and administrator of the scheme. Dorrixo was also trustee for a number of other pension liberation scams such as Headforte and Southlands which were used for “loans” when Evergreen got
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EVERGREEN RETIREMENT TRUST QROPS PENSION SCAM AND MARAZION LOANS THE WAY THE SCAM WORKED When Ark got shut down in June 2011, Stephen Ward flew to New Zealand and set up the Evergreen NZ QROPS liberation scam with Simon Swallow of Charter Square. Ward also set up a “loan” company in Cyprus called Marazion. He
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Pension Liberation – ruining thousands of lives. HMRC pursues the victims of pension liberation fraud and not the pension liberation fraudsters. This has got to change.
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The Pensions Regulator is a UK body set up to regulate and aid occupational pensions. They follow legislative criteria and work to improve the administration of work-based pensions. They are a valuable resource for all parties involved with pensions; trustees, employers, pension specialists and business advisers. Their latest innovation is the updating of their trustee
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Edward Troup 11th March 2016 Chief Executive’s Office HM Revenue & Customs 100 Parliament Street London SW1A 2BQ Dear Mr. Troup HMRC’S ROLE IN SIX-YEAR PENSION LIBERATION FRAUD Congratulations on your appointment as head of HMRC. I am sure you will have a great deal of work on your plate cleaning up the
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HMRC Pension LOAN WOLF I am writing to explain the rather confusing “assessment” and “further assessment” appeal situation in relation to HMRC’s “pension loan wolf” situation. Although this is specifically aimed at the Ark case, it will also apply in most – if not all – other cases. In a nutshell, the assessments
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£19m worth of Pensions from 476 people lost though two schemes – Pennines and Mendip. Pennines and Mendip: Hedge Capital Investments Ltd, Hedge Capital Investment Group Plc and Hedge Capital Ltd were introducers or the financial advisers who proposed the schemes Pennines and Mendip as suitable schemes for 476. The end result was that
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