A gang of conmen have been jailed after stealing close to half a million pounds in an elaborate three-year debt collection scam. Wayne Mark McCreery, 50, of St Andrews Road, Stretford, Manchester and Liam Dinsdale, 38, of Varley Street, Colne, posed as court bailiffs to con victims out of more than £470,000 over a three-year period between 2015 and 2018.
Read more: Bogus Bailiffs Jailed Over £500,000 Pensioner Scam
We are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with global debt collection specialists Debitura.
International debt recovery is something we have always offered at Safe Collection. Trade is a global phenomenon, and unpaid invoices and bad debts don’t stop at the border. It’s also true that chasing monies owed in different jurisdictions presents significant challenges - challenges that affected businesses can often find overwhelming.
Read more: Safe Collections Extends Reach With Global Debt Collection Partnership
Losing money to a scam investment scheme is bad enough. But then being targeted a second time by bogus officials asking victims to hand over personal details with false promises of getting their money back… it’s enough to make you wonder if there’s any justice in the world.
Reports of just such a so-called recovery room scam targeting investors who were duped into backing a rogue wine company have prompted the Insolvency Service to issue a warning.
What makes it even worse is that many of the people being hounded again are known to be elderly and vulnerable.
Read more: Victims of Wine Investment Stitch-Up Face Double Threat
A company with links to a prominent Conservative peer that secured a fast-track government PPE contract during the COVID pandemic has been slapped with a winding up petition by HMRC.
PPE Medpro Ltd was incorporated on 12 May 2020, just days after Tory peer Michelle Mone contacted procurement minister Theodore Agnew with an offer to source personal protective equipment for the NHS from Hong Kong. Mone took the step having apparently first consulted Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove.
Within six weeks, the company was handed two separate contracts worth a total of £200 million. As part of the government’s ‘VIP lane’ fast-track scheme to supply the NHS and care sector with enough personal protective equipment at the height of the pandemic, PPE Medpro did not have to go through a competitive tender for either contract.
Read more: Tory-Linked PPE Firm Issued with Winding Up Order By HMRC
