Banned IFA targets True Potential advisers in lead generation rip-off

Laura Miller
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Network True Potential advisers have spoken of how they lost thousands of pounds to a former IFA banned for mortgage fraud, who promised them leads to high-net-worth clients that were never delivered.

Gareth Flanagan, (pictured) head of client acquisition at Econnexx, a marketing firm that, according to its website, provides "specialist marketing for financial services firms ...

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