All news by author: Andrew Penman
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The care-home squalor that costs a fortune
Filthy bedding, unwashed residents, medicines not given, no entertainment - and sky-high fees
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Claims by art investment firm Morgan & Brooks are a load of Jackson Pollocks
The propect of huge returns on paintings were held out by Morgan & Brooks, but Andrew Penman sensed something was wrong
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Happy news for bike thieves - police give up checking train station CCTV
British Transport Police admit that they now rarely view camera footage in station cycle theft cases
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Etsy accused of 'destroying' sellers by withholding money owed for up to 90 days
The platform, which specialises in selling arts and crafts, has a controversial policy of putting a 'reserve' on some sellers, meaning that it withholds 75% of money due to them for up to 90 days
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Merciless solar energy gang targeted vulnerable homeowners again and again
Jail sentences for key figures in bent companies that netted £6.5million
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A new contender for the title of biggest Bounce Back Loan blagger
Property developer Khalid Bhatti left the country after netting 12 pandemic loans from the taxpayer
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Craft sellers left in limbo as Etsy withholds their payments
Some sellers on the shopping site fear that their small businesses could be forced to close
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Victory for whisky investors in fight against distillery that 'lost' their casks
Distillery told: Any retention or disposal of the cask by the company is plainly unlawful
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Elon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter
Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.
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Is this the most brazen ever Bounce Back Loan blagger?
Glaring loophole made it simple to exploit loan scheme to help businesses through Covid lockdown
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Where's our whisky? Investors demand answers over missing casks worth thousands
Speyside Distillers says that investors' casks can't be found because 'our records are complex and incomplete'
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Investors threatened to drown me - incredible claim of collapsed e-company boss
VST Enterprises boss Louis-James Davis claimed innovations would be revolutionary but company went into administration
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College raked in almost £1million of taxpayer funding for 'ghost' students
When challenged, college removed hundreds of supposed apprentices from its register
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How fraudsters hacked a friend's Facebook page and tried to scam me
'Trust me' insists crook as he tries to persuade me to pay £15,000 to receive a £550,000 grant
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Business sales agents failed to sell sandwich shop, but still wanted £5,000 fee
Shop owner sued by RTA Business Consultants after signing a contract 'under duress'
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Jailed: the brothers who ripped-off holidaymakers
Their mother and father were convicted too and got suspended sentences for the fake website fraud
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Millions are struggling with debt - but beware who you ask for help
People already in deep money trouble can be hit with big 'budgeting' firm fees
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Union boss learns the hard way that you shouldn't libel people on Twitter
College union leader Jo Grady pays damages after falsely accusing firefighter Paul Embery of being a 'misogynist, a pervert and a liar'
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Older holidaymakers face 'prohibitive' travel insurance costs
Routine change in blood pressure medication led to demand for extra payment and accusation of price-gouging
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Slaps on the wrist for foreign bosses who scammed Covid lockdown help schemes
Banning cheating directors from running UK companies isn't much of a penalty if they're foreign nationals
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More quacks than a village pond - inside the world of 'Tau calligraphy' healers
Master Sha claims that drawing Chinese letters can cure all sorts of illness and help with money and relationship problems. There's zero credible evidence it works.
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On course for huge debts: how training colleges could leave you deep in the red
Lending to cash-strapped students has been compared to the payday loans scandal
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Adult training college in data protection row with dissatisfied students
New Trades Career refuses to hand over recordings that could show if false promises were made to students about courses
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Guilty - the scamming green energy firm that demanded an apology from the Mirror
ESE Energy bleated about Mirror exposé, now it's been convicted of a string of deception offences
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