Identity theft is not against the law

Well i managed to do something today...that hopefully will help :)

A few days ago I decided to regsiter to comapnies house for access to the company.,. seeing as its been given to us why not get access and see if we can change anythign... Apparently we needed "WEBFILING" access that I had to send off for and was today sent a company auth code to our address.. It was a gamble as it then looks like we are active wiht the company :(

So logging in today I have managed to change some things

MINATI LTD people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

MINATI LTD - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
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I have changed the registered office address to the other address that was already listed.. that of the fraudsters
I have resigned my wife from the company.. her name still shows but no address and shows as resigned
I have registered that there is now no "person with significant control (PSC) statement"

I figured this out myself and managed to do it.. WHY did nobody offer me this advice ? :( Policefraud, Citizens Advice, Companies house.. Why did nobody offer this advice :(

If anyone else is going through this they can miss out all the other steps and just do the above :)


ADDYONBIT: I now need to keep checking the company to see if they put us back on and I will just take of.. If i see someone elses name and address go on i will contact them to see if they are being a victim..
 
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@KIPAX

I am pleased to see that you have managed to push this into a more satisfactory status.

Re: the incorrect address, it is still on some of the docs including the original "incorporation" one.

So as you say that matter is not 'closed' but at least you have got some clear water.

PS I wonder with some proper advice if you can initiate getting the company stuck out/off :thinking:
 
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Box Brownie said:
@KIPAX

I am pleased to see that you have managed to push this into a more satisfactory status.

Re: the incorrect address, it is still on some of the docs including the original "incorporation" one.

So as you say that matter is not 'closed' but at least you have got some clear water.

PS I wonder with some proper advice if you can initiate getting the company stuck out/off :thinking:
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yeagh already filled out the forms but they say it takes 28 days minimum from recieving.. but due to this that and other things are runnign slow.. it also says they contact everyone first.. well if they contact the fraudsters what will they say.... also wondered how much money they can con out of poeple in what will be at least two months all told

at least now if anyone goes looking for who to get money off theres less chance of them coming to us even though they can see our address was associated wiht it but is not longer.... all good facts to convince people its not us :)
 
@KIPAX

A quick heads up(?) the Radio4 "You & yours" today is taking about fraudulent house sales based on identify theft.

The reason I mention this is that two of the program respondents also discovered that their names had been used in setting up a Company at Companies House.
 
Wel aftrer a loooong long wait companies house has done or is starting to do soemthign and the listing now shows the following... on the up side since i changed stuff the company and struck my missus off we havent had any more letters through the post...

Company statusActive — Active proposal to strike off
 
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Wel aftrer a loooong long wait companies house has done or is starting to do soemthign and the listing now shows the following... on the up side since i changed stuff the company and struck my missus off we havent had any more letters through the post...

Company statusActive — Active proposal to strike off
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Good to hear the update (y)
 
It is surprising Companies House does no checks on business registration - the article includes,

"Companies House, which charges £12 a pop for an internet business incorporation, says under the current laws, if company paperwork is properly filed, signed and the registration fee paid, it has to be registered."

- so it looks as if nothing can be done, under the current law.

I think this is an example of a law which was has not kept up with the modern world.

Many years ago I think most people registering companies would be local and the registration would be in an obvious commercial property or the home of a local resident.

The law clearly needs changing; perhaps a letter to the address of a newly registered company asking for confirmation.

However, I heard on a radio 4 programme a couple of years ago that Companies House has about 3,000 registration applications for new companies each week.

Therefore like many other areas it is under resourced.

Dave
 
Hello,

Sorry to bump this thread however after googling I came across this post.

A few days ago the exact same thing has happened to me also, I randomly received a letter congratulating me for becoming a director which used my personal details to register a business at my name and address (which is in the same details). The person then opened a business account in my details (currently awaiting an update on this).

I contacted companies house who advised for me to complete the R06 and R07 forms however they advised the same that without a court order they do not have the powers to remove the PSC or shareholder information from the register.

Ive reported this to actionfraud but now at a loss on what to do, CH have advised there is a backlog so unable to action this for the next few months which seems insane considering its fraud and I'm named as a director.

Would removing myself as a direcor cause issues? I don't want to get into issues from HMRC etc if I remove myself but at the same I dont want to be showing as a director with various applications being made!

@KIPAX just tagging you into this as it appears you've already gone through the same process.

Many thanks - no doubt I'll not be the only one to find this thread when googling various solutions on what to do.
 
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If the CH register has you and your address for the business, then you can go onto the CH website and create an account, get an authorisation code, and then make changes yourself including removing yourself as a director and person with significant control, then apply to close the company, all of which is probably quicker than filling in paper forms and waiting for CH to do it for you.
 
Hi.. yes I did as @lindsay says above and resigned my wife as secretary and shareholder but her details where still there.. i changed her address as company secretary to the companies main address.. however i couldnt apply to close the business online but i did fill out the forms you mention

get yourself resigned before the company starts racking up bills and the bailiffs knock on your door.. obviously keep a record of everyhting.... took me a long time as you can see to get this sorted and quite a bit of worry at first but felt a lot better once logged in and changed stuff

PS your exactly the reason i started this thread.. I had no idea what to do and would ahve loved a thread like this :)
 
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@Johnny91 POST #81 in this thread is the most important IMHO .. had I known this from day one life would have been easier
 
@KIPAX Does not registering and removing myself as the director cause other issues then? Thats the bit I'm worried about in case I'm then linked with fraudulent company though? As I've then registered for access to make changes to the company..
 
I'd wondered - lapsed directors seem to be recorded ad infinitum. So if you remove yourself, do you just become a non-active, previous director?
 
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@KIPAX Does not registering and removing myself as the director cause other issues then? Thats the bit I'm worried about in case I'm then linked with fraudulent company though? As I've then registered for access to make changes to the company..
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It crossed my mind that if I did somehting am i then involved wiht the company.. BUT I wanted to remove our home address and make it clear no involment wiht the company and that won..... as it happens it didn't cause any problems and was the best thing I could do :)
 
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It crossed my mind that if I did somehting am i then involved wiht the company.. BUT I wanted to remove our home address and make it clear no involment wiht the company and that won..... as it happens it didn't cause any problems and was the best thing I could do :)
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@KIPAX I've competed the WEBFILING and removed myself as director and completed no "person with significant control (PSC) statement".

It still shows as ROLE: DIRECTOR (ACTIVE) under my name though, does that take some time to show as resigned?
 
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