Ombudsman rejects complaint over blocked transfer to suspected scam scheme
The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has dismissed a complaint against Royal London over its decision to turn down a transfer request into a suspected pension liberation scheme.
Donna-Marie Hughes had sought to transfer her £8,360 personal pension into the Babbacombe Road 1973 Limited SSAS, which was registered with HM Revenue and Customs in July 2014. Hughes would have become...
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