Getting refunds from a dissolved company

GoingDownhill

Anyway, Trading Standards has now to all intents and purposes admitted that fraud is a good thing and I was wrong to ever imagine otherwise. I'm not exactly surprised that I was wrong to care about scam victims and that I should in fact have been working the same scam myself - it's been heading in that direction for a long time. But I wish they'd told me four years ago. I could have been retired by now.

naedanger

GoingDownhill wrote: »

Anyway, Trading Standards has now to all intents and purposes admitted that fraud is a good thing and I was wrong to ever imagine otherwise. I'm not exactly surprised that I was wrong to care about scam victims and that I should in fact have been working the same scam myself - it's been heading in that direction for a long time. But I wish they'd told me four years ago. I could have been retired by now.

Your summary seems at odds with this press report:

http://www.express.co.uk/scotland/655462/scottish-sister-court-bogus-diet-treatments

[Deleted User]

GoingDownhill wrote: »

Trading Standards has now to all intents and purposes admitted that fraud is a good thing.

"Aberdeenshire Council’s trading standards, manager Wilma Urquhart said: “We are aware this business is continuing to trade and will be establishing what products are now being sold and whether or not misleading claims are being made. If there is evidence this is happening we are committed to taking whatever action is necessary to put a stop to it.”

Sheriff Andrew Miller said the women, whose assets have been frozen for a separate proceeds of crime case, had failed to carry out due diligence on the manufacturers’ claims.

Both Wiseman and Buchan were given 180 hours unpaid work in the community as an alternative to jail. The company was fined £9,000"

I can't see any evidence there of Trading Standards encouraging fraud???

bris

Limited companies and fraud have gone hand in hand for a very long time now. There is and always has been companies that know exactly how to play the system.


This is why, unless it is a huge house hold name, you never trust a builder, window co etc when they give 10 year guarantees on their services because they just fold and start again when the going gets tough and the claims start rolling in.

shaun_from_Africa

bris wrote: »

This is why, unless it is a huge house hold name, you never trust a builder, window co etc when they give 10 year guarantees on their services because they just fold and start again when the going gets tough and the claims start rolling in.

Unless of course, the 10 year guarantee is insurance backed.