Pension liberation: spotting the signs of fraud

Questions trustees need to ask when considering blocking transfers to suspected liberation schemes

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Trustees must consider a range of issues in determining whether a pension transfer request is a case of liberation fraud, according to Dalriada Trustees project manager Sean Browes.

Speaking at the Professional Pensions Trustee Masterclass on Tuesday, Browes said Dalriada views this type of fraud "not so much as pension liberation as pension destruction". Trustees also rema...

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