Tag Archives: Fraud

Keith Popplewell – Yorick’s sorry tale.

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

Alas poor Keith .. I knew him… When I joined Eagle Star in 1995, Keith was the  star turn, an exceptional speaker, a mine of technical information and a bon viveur, Keith was a sales director’s dream. And like any showman, … Continue reading →

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FEAR+FRAUD. Does Geneva= Gibraltar? Are SIPPs the new QROPS?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by

  This bog is about fear and how it can be used by the unscrupulous to frighten them into putting their retirement at risk. The unscrupulous fear-monger is the self-appointed UKPension Guru (Clive Skane-Davis) of Swiss Global Consulting; you can … Continue reading →

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Zacchaeus – the short-arsed scammer who came good.

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

Zacchaeus -Remember him? Zacchaeus was a tax man who one day climbed a tree For he was short in stature and said he could not see And yet he had a problem, that mattered even more He didn’t see the … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a scam; lessons from Providence and Lumiere

Posted on October 30, 2016 by

If there’s anything good that can come out of the Providence Group’s global network of deceit, it is that it is exposed and offers us its full anatomy. Yesterday I tried to lay out the anatomy at length – I … Continue reading →

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“Trust me , I’m a scorpion”

Posted on July 20, 2015 by

I was born at 11.02am on 11th November 1961, according to my star chart ,the sun, the moon, all the houses and for all I know Planet Pluto are in Scorpio, which makes me a little worried. This is no … Continue reading →

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How safe is your workplace pension?

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

The opportunity to improve pension fund charging. Let us pause for a moment and consider what we are buying into when we set up a workplace pension for our staff. On the face of it, nobody enrolled into a workplace … Continue reading →

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Telling tales or tipping off?

Posted on June 7, 2015 by

There is a fine line between campaigning journalism and incompetent meddling. Those whose jobs it is to stamp on malfeasance see the campaigners not as crusaders but as a menace. Those who campaign see those in authority not as allies but … Continue reading →

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I smell a (pensions) rat – what can I do?

Posted on May 30, 2015 by

An advert appeared yesterday on the Pension Play Pen Linked In Group.. If you’re in our Group, you can see it here The organisation – Save My Pension is offering a “route to market” with the message from its Director Danny Smith  … Continue reading →

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What do you do when the lights go out?

Posted on February 2, 2014 by

Professional Pensions run the story of the £22.9m fine dished out to State Street who had been double charging clients for years. I had thought of custodians till recently as their name suggests as guardians of assets, not as asset strippers. … Continue reading →

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How HMRC passes the buck on Pension Liberation Fraud

Posted on June 20, 2013 by

The only people who seem to be being dumped on are occupational pension trustees. Continue reading →

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