My husband has a limited company consultancy business registered to our home address (1 man band).
We have just found out that someone has set up a website using the company details and address and is making out that the company is a registered investment company inviting investments of 10,000USD upwards.
There is also a facebook group set up for potential investors in the company (closed group) which has nearly 1,000 members - this was set up in July 2020.
We have reported the facebook group to facebook and they have not upheld our complaint. My husband has also contacted the website host company to get the website taken down - he has to send them more information to prove his case.
We have no idea what jurisdiction this falls under as the facebook group admins are from Ireland, US and Australia (although they may have nothing to do with it or be false profiles).
Does anyone have any ideas as to where we go from here? Thank you
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Police. Trading Standards.
Folk take more notice of them.
I wouldn't waste a lot of time waiting for Facebook to act. I can't imagine what excuse they made to turn down your complaint.
Might be worth transferring your company's engagements to another company. Speak to your accountant about doing this pronto.
This is a legal question. Lion has provided the accounting perspective in his last para but I assume you have already spoken to your accountant.
Just looking at nipping problems in the bud.
If anybody searching Companies House finds that the company is being struck off, they might think twice about investing.
A more interesting question - what do we think about TAAR ? Would it be fair to say that the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is not tax avoidance ?
I know we've few facts to go on but it could be an interesting debate.
Yes it was good advice.
Sorry Ticktock you are a longtime member. Let us know what assets in case Lion’s suggestion is a goer.
Maybe the best route is to have the company struck off - it is probably the easiest solution. I don't really want people turning up on my doorstep looking for their lost investment funds ...
If that's the address on the website, that'll probably happen anyway.
You need some help from a regulatory body.
lionofludesch wrote:
You need some help from a regulatory body.
Any idea which one(s)? I'm not sure my accountancy/tax body will be much help!
Yes - the one the fake invesco claims to be registered with.
Amazing how many mugs are out there. Just look at how many voted for Trump!
But we have Boris. How can we be smug ?
Have you tried contacting the FCA and speaking to them? They encourage people to report scams whether the business is regulated or not. In the short term I would close the company down and hope people checked Companies House.