Trustee forced to return £292,000 stolen from workplace scheme

Hope William-Smith
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A convicted fraudster has been ordered to repay £292,000 which he transferred from savers’ pension pots and funnelled into businesses he part-owned.

The repayment order follows a confiscation hearing at Preston Crown Court yesterday (28 October) brought by The Pensions Regulator (TPR). The fraudster, Roger William Bessent of Lytham St Annes ...

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