Sentencing date set for multi-million pound fraud case

At Southwark Crown Court

Holly Roach
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The sentencing date has been set for the people accused of being involved with pension fraud totalling nearly £14m.

Alan Barratt and Susan Dalton - who are charged with fraud by abuse of position as part of a criminal prosecution by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) - will appear at Southwark Crown Court for sentencing on 22 April. The pair are accused by TPR of persuading 245 savers to transfer their pension savings totalling £13.7m into 11 pension schemes between 2012 and 2014. These schemes were controlled by the defendants. The defendants previously admitted charges of fraud by abuse of position in breach of section 4 of the Fraud Act 2006 arising from their roles as trustees of pension schemes. ...

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