Insolvency Service prosecutes company director for breaching insolvency laws
A director of a demolition company has been jailed for 16 months following an investigation by the Insolvency Service, Building Magazine reports.
George Charles Taylor was a director of Amalgamated Demolition Services Ltd which was wound up by the Brighton County Court on 24 April 2006.
A bankruptcy order was made against Taylor on 16 January 2007. He acted as a director of Amalgamated Demolition and Asbestos Services Ltd despite being barred from doing so due to being an undischarged bankrupt.
Taylor informed Amalgamated Demolition Services Ltd’s major customer that the company had a new bank account and asked that payment of over £22,000 for work done by Amalgamated Demolition Services Ltd be paid to the new account.
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