TPR bans quartet behind £13.7m cold-calling scam from being trustees

Kim Kaveh
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Four people behind a £13.7m cold-calling scam which cost 245 people their savings have been banned from being pension scheme trustees by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

David Austin, Susan Dalton, Alan Barratt and Julian Hanson persuaded members using cold-calling and other techniques to transfer their pensions into one of 11 scam schemes. Austin has also been pro...

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