Former adviser jailed for embezzling £1m of client pension funds

James Phillips
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A former independent financial adviser (IFA) has been jailed for six years after embezzling more than £1m of pension scheme funds to fund his "lavish lifestyle".

Darren Say launched the Noisnep - ‘pension' spelt backwards - self-invested personal pension (SIPP) in 2010 and promised potential clients significant returns. The scheme was set up separately f...

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