The Insolvency Service

Updated: Jun 26, 25

Published: Jun 26, 25

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

Director submitted falsified documentation to reclaim VAT

Press Release

Updated: Jun 18, 25

Published: Jun 18, 25

18 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 13, 25

Published: Jun 13, 25

13 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 11, 25

Published: Jun 11, 25

11 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 10, 25

Published: Jun 10, 25

10 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 9, 25

Published: Jun 9, 25

9 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 9, 25

Published: Jun 9, 25

9 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 6, 25

Published: Jun 6, 25

6 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

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

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

Press Release

Updated: Jun 6, 25

Published: Jun 6, 25

6 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

Hobbycraft Trading Limited Company Voluntary Arrangement: Information for employees

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

News Story

Updated: Jun 5, 25

Published: Jun 5, 25

5 Jun 2025

The Insolvency Service

Former world darts champion Rob Cross banned as director over unpaid taxes

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

Press Release

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