A company director has walked free from court over a £35,000 pension scheme swindle.
Simon Aspinall and a neighbour cooked up the scheme to defraud a university workers' fund out of tens of thousands of pounds. But the business owner was spared an immediate prison sentence after repaying the sum in full - plus an extra £30,000.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Friday, that an internal investigation by the University Superannuation Scheme revealed that the 54-year-old's SEA Audio Visual - of which he is one of two directors, the other being his wife - had submitted 10 separate fake invoices for work between January 2018 and July 2018, leading to him falsely claiming a total of £35,762.78. Aspinall, of Covertside Road in Scarisbrick, did so under the pretence that he had carried out services such as cabling and fitting patch panels at the USS' offices in Liverpool and London.
