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Insolvency Service announces interim Chief Executive. Chief Operating Officer Alec Pybus is now interim CEO, after Dean Beale left the agency this month. gov.uk/government/new…

We've taken decisive action to ensure public money is spent properly 👇 ow.ly/FCbz50VT65G

✅ Reducing public sector waste ✅ Protecting taxpayers' money ✅ Continuation of ongoing investigations 📣 The Insolvency Service will take over the National Investigation Services' cases of Covid-19 financial support fraud in a bid to recoup taxpayers’ money lost to fraud

👷‍♂️ Employed four illegal workers from Romania 🛂 Workers found to have no right to work in the UK 💸 Company fined £180,000 for the immigration breach 👇 The owner of a Suffolk hand car wash has been banned as a company director after hiring illegal workers

Immigration Enforcement officials found the four Romanian men aged between 18 and 49 with no right to work in the UK when they visited the car wash in April last year. Read more 👇

💷 Owed HMRC £43,000 when sold house 🛍️ Spent cash at Apple and Burberry instead of paying debts 🧾 Claimed he had just £20 in his bank when filing for bankruptcy 👇 An ex-takeaway owner in Portsmouth who bought luxury goods instead of settling his tax bill has been sentenced

🧾 Fraudulently applied for two £20,000 Covid loans 🏢 Company was not trading at time of applications 🚫 None of the funds used for economic benefit of business 👇 A Hertfordshire recruitment consultant who spent Covid support funds for personal purposes has been sentenced

💷 Received Covid loan worth £47,500 📄 Dormant accounts filed after initial profit ❌ Claimed £340,000 turnover — actual turnover was £0 👇 The director of a plumbing and heating company has been banned after overstating his company’s turnover to secure a Bounce Back Loan

The Insolvency Service has contacted 4,000 people who paid £90 towards a debt relief order (DRO) but did not submit their application to refund their fee. If you believe you are owed a refund, please see details to contact us below 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

Zhang Jin Chen owed HM Revenue and Customs more than £43,000 in VAT when he sold the house he owned with his then wife in Portsmouth in the autumn of 2020. Read more 👇

A recruitment consultant from Hertfordshire who fraudulently spent Covid support funds for personal purposes has been sentenced. Read more 👇

💸 Mother paid daughter almost £200,000 in company funds 🛑 Transfer came days following decision to cease trading 📉 Scotparts UK Ltd owed more than £900,000 when it went into liquidation 👇 A Scottish mother and daughter have both been banned as company directors until 2034

🎭 Hired surprise singers for events including weddings ⚠️ Knew the company was in serious financial trouble 🚩 Still took deposits and payments from customers 👇 A husband-and-wife team from Wigan have been banned after taking payments while their business was insolvent

📝 Applied for three Bounce Back Loans using wife’s name 🔐 Used a tenant’s personal details without her knowledge 💷 Covid funds not used to support the business 👇 A Bradford man who wrongly claimed £100k in Covid loans and used someone else’s name as director has been jailed

The couple were continuing to take deposits, or payments in full, from 43 customers across the UK when they knew their company was unable to pay the debts it owed. Read more 👇

The Insolvency Service has published a revised Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) protocol to improve the service currently offered to people in debt and safeguard them from poor practice. Learn more 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

🔒 A Bradford fraudster who secured £100,000 in Covid loan funds he was not entitled to and claimed an innocent member of the public was the director of his company has been sentenced to time behind bars. Read more 👇

📻 Insolvency Service on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours 🎙️ Enforcement lead, Dave Magrath, explains how we investigated the directors of a company that continued to take payments for singing waiters when it was insolvent 👇 Listen to the episode (from 01:24) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

💷 Removed hundreds of thousands meant for creditors 📤 Withdrawn £400,000 in director’s loan before liquidation 🏆 Company set up to receive earnings and prize money 👇 Ex-world darts champion Rob Cross banned as a director after his company failed to pay over £450,000 in tax

📞 Pressured elderly people into buying plans via cold calls ⚠️ Set up direct debits without consent 📦 Some people persuaded to take lengthy agreements 👇 A company that used high-pressure sales tactics to target vulnerable people has been shut down following an investigation