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Leicestershire TS has prosecuted a pair who sold fraudulent franchise licences
Posted 10 January 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|East Midlands
UPDATES: Fraudsters behind a payroll franchise scheme have been found guilty after selling costly licences that failed to deliver, bringing a lengthy Trading Standards investigation to court.
A prosecution brought by Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards has resulted in guilty verdicts for two men who sold fraudulent franchise licences to victims across the UK.
Nazir Abdul Rashid, 58, formerly of Landseer Road, Leicester, was the sole director of Payrolls Direct Ltd, which sold franchise licences for a cloud-based payrolls system for between £5,995 and £9,9...
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