Sixty victims of loan sharks are in witness protection, according to the country's leading official tasked with breaking the cycle of fear, intimidation and violence trapping families who have borrowed money from illegal lenders.
Tony Quigley, head of the Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT)...
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Sixty victims of loansharks in witness protection
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Sky havent cancelled my services and charged me £51!!
Hi Guys.
On the 9th December 2013, i contacted sky via their online form, to cancell ALL services. TV, Phone and Broadband. Under their Terms and Conditions, this is perfectly fine to do so this way.
I received an email confirming receipt of my message sent to them via their... -
Term time holiday fines
I'm interested in knowing the actual legislation behind the fines.. what I mean is what is their reason for asking for money?
Is it simply the child wasn't unwell, wasn't at school so therefore you pay up... regardless of any legalities?
Or is it soley based on missing the... -
Homeserve facing £34m FCA penalty
Homeserve facing £34m FCA penalty
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th January 2014 13:55.
*Maintenance company Homeserve is being warned it faces a fine of £34.5m from the City regulator owing to historical sales problems. * This would...
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Barclays fined $3.75m after record-keeping failure
Barclays fined $3.75m after record-keeping failure
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th December 2013 17:39.
Barclays has been fined $3.75m (£2.28m) by a US regulator for allegedly failing to keep proper electronic records, emails and instant messages. ...... -
Farepak auditors Ernst and Young fined over collapse
Farepak auditors Ernst and Young fined over collapse
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th December 2013 19:24.
The auditors of Christmas savings club Farepak, which collapsed seven years ago, have been ordered to pay more than £1m in fines and costs. The...... -
Payday loans company fined for mass spam texting
Payday loans company fined for mass spam texting
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 17th December 2013 12:10.
Payday loans company, First Financial, has been charged with a £175,000 penalty by the Information Commissioner
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What are the chances of getting my money back on this?
Morning,
Looks like i've been stitched up by an online car parts retailer.
I had several emails back and forth before placing the order - all very helpful stuff.
I placed the order and it was supposed to arrive yesterday. In the afternoon i emailed the place... -
Lloyds fined £28m for 'sell or be demoted' incentive plan
Lloyds fined £28m for 'sell or be demoted' incentive plan
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th December 2013 11:32.
*Regulator slaps its biggest ever retail fine on Lloyds Banking Group for creating a culture of mis-selling by incentivising staff to sell...... -
EU fines banks over rate-rigging
EU fines banks over rate-rigging
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th December 2013 11:00.
*The European Commission has fined eight banks - including RBS - a total of 1.7bn euros (£1.4bn) for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rates....
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Expired MOT and Traffic Offence Report
This thread is posted as a warning.
Historically my MOT expired at the same time as my road tax. This meant that I had to get an MOT and ensure insurance was renewed before I rolled up at the post office to get the tax disc.
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Payday firm fined for information processing failures
Payday firm fined for information processing failures
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 10th October 2013 14:16.
A payday loans company and its director have been prosecuted for failing to register that it was processing personal information. Hamed Shabani, the...... -
Barclays Bank employee prosecuted for illegally accessing customer
Barclays Bank employee prosecuted for illegally accessing customer
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th September 2013 20:31.
A former Barclays Bank employee has been fined £3,360 after illegally accessing the details of a customer
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank fined for mortgage errors
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank fined for mortgage errors
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th September 2013 15:28.
*Mortgage customers of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank will be compensated after being treated unfairly when the bank tried to fix a miscalculation.*...... -
AXA fined £1.8m for bad advice on Isas
AXA fined £1.8m for bad advice on Isas
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th September 2013 17:32.
*Thousands of customers passed on from building societies and banks to Axa Wealth were not warned of the risk of investing in Isa funds and...
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