TPR launches first fraud prosecution; Accountant suspected of taking cash from scheme

Holly Roach
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched its first fraud prosecution into an accountant suspected of taking money from a pension scheme.

Accountant Roger Bessent is accused of abusing his position as the director of Gleeson Bessent Trustees (GBT), a professional scheme trustee, to transfer over £200,000 of pension scheme funds into ...

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