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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Simon Goodley

MPs launch inquiry into prosecution of Norton Motorcycles pension fraud

George Osborne in July 2015 with Stuart Garner, then owner of Norton
George Osborne in July 2015 with Stuart Garner, then owner of Norton. Photograph: Norton Motorcycles

Financial regulators are to be summoned to parliament to explain how they prosecuted the case of a multimillion-pound pensions fraud whose victims have yet to receive compensation and which has not led to anyone serving prison time.

Sir Stephen Timms MP, the chair of the work and pensions committee, said he was launching an inquiry into how watchdogs and prosecutors handled the case, in which £10m of pension savings disappeared after being invested in the heritage brand Norton Motorcycles.

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