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AN Essex man is part of a group of three people who have appeared in court over an alleged £13.7 million pension fraud.
Alan Barratt, 61, Susan Dalton, 65, and Julian Hanson, 56, are charged with fraud by abuse of position.
The Pensions Regulator, which is bringing the prosecution, alleges 245 people were persuaded to transfer savings totalling £13.7 million into 11 pension schemes controlled by the defendants between 2012 and 2014.
Barratt, of Althorne, Essex, appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (April 13) after he was extradited from Spain last month.
He indicated a not guilty plea to a charge of fraud by abuse of position between November 20, 2012 and December 15, 2014, alleging he “dishonestly abused” his position as a trustee.