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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/07/lloyds-compensation-payouts-hbos-loans-scam', 0)                                 | Lloyds Banking Group expects compensation payouts for victims of >>>fraud at the hands of former HBOS staff<<< to total around £ 100m .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/07/lloyds-compensation-payouts-hbos-loans-scam', 6)                                 | It comes >>>after former HBOS manager Lynden Scourfield and others were jailed for carrying out a £ 245m loans scam<<< and squandering the profits on sex parties and luxury holidays .                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/26/lloyds-judge-hbos-fraud-compensation', 25)                                       | He pleaded guilty to the scheme , which involved introducing his small business clients to Mills , who was convicted >>>along with his wife Alison<<< and their associates Michael Bancroft and Tony Cartwright of running the fraud between 2003 and 2007 .                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/27/lloyds-profits-ppi-hbos', 11)                                                    | The bank has set aside £ 100m for the fraud , for which >>>six people were jailed<<< in February after a jury was told how they spent the proceeds on superyachts and sex parties .                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/07/lloyds-hbos-loan-scam-lynden-scourfield-compensation', 2)                        | The bailed-out bank issued a statement following pressure from MPs and small businesses after the jail sentences totalling more than 47 years >>>handed down last week to former senior HBOS manager Lynden Scourfield and five associates<<< .                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/07/lloyds-hbos-loan-scam-lynden-scourfield-compensation', 19)                       | >>>A jury last week convicted Mills along with his wife Alison<<< , and their associates Michael Bancroft and Tony Cartwright , for running the fraud between 2003 and 2007 .                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/11/lloyds-banking-group-taxpayer-shares-bailout-hbos', 2)                           | As the judge sentenced former HBOS Reading manager >>>Lynden Scourfield and five associates to more than 47 years of combined jail time<<< , he described him as " utterly corrupt " and driven by " rapacious greed " uncovered after an investigation by Thames Valley police .                                                                                                    |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/04/hbos-reading-fca-report', 4)                                                     | That police investigation , which began in 2010 , led to a trial in January after which six individuals were jailed , including former >>>HBOS employee Lynden Scourfield , who was in charge of looking after troubled businesses<<< and pleaded guilty .                                                                                                                           |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/27/lloyds-ppi-compensation-claims-banking-group-mortgages', 8)                      | This includes a previously announced £ 100m for compensating customers hit by the HBOS Reading fraud >>>for which two former employees were jailed in February<<< and other issues , including the misselling of packaged bank accounts – where insurance and other products are bundled into current accounts – and compensating customers whose mortgage arrears were mishandled . |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/05/noel-edmonds-lawyers-lloyds-bank-payout-scheme-fraud', 1)                        | Lawyers representing Noel Edmonds have hit out at Lloyds Banking Group 's proposed compensation scheme for >>>victims of a fraud at the bank 's HBOS Reading arm<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/05/noel-edmonds-lawyers-lloyds-bank-payout-scheme-fraud', 2)                        | The TV presenter 's lawyers have written a lengthy letter to Prof Russel Griggs , appointed by Lloyds in March to review the level of compensation it intends to award to >>>64 victims of the fraud<<< from a £ 100m pot it has set aside , calling the scheme a " sham " .                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/05/noel-edmonds-lawyers-lloyds-bank-payout-scheme-fraud', 8)                        | Coad said that while Edmonds – a former Radio 1 DJ , children 's TV presenter and host of quiz shows including Deal or No Deal – had the financial backing and media clout to challenge Lloyds over his own case , most other claimants who had >>>had their lives ruined by the £ 245m fraud<<< could not afford to do likewise .                                                   |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/18/lloyds-likley-to-extend-deadline-for-hbos-compensation-offers-noel-edmonds', 4)  | >>>Six people were jailed in February<<< for the fraud , forcing Lloyds to say it would pay compensation to the individuals .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/18/lloyds-likley-to-extend-deadline-for-hbos-compensation-offers-noel-edmonds', 23) | Scourfield had pleaded guilty to the scheme , which involved introducing his small business clients to Mills , who was convicted >>>along with his wife , Alison<<< , and their associates Michael Bancroft and Tony Cartwright of running the fraud .                                                                                                                               |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/26/hbos-fraud-lloyds-noel-edmonds-compensation', 0)                                 | Five months after a high court judge handed out lengthy jail terms to a group of >>>financiers who left business owners " cheated , defeated and penniless "<<< , only one of the victims of the HBOS fraud has received compensation .                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/26/hbos-fraud-lloyds-noel-edmonds-compensation', 11)                                | Even before the £ 100m compensation provision , Lloyds had lost £ 250m on loans caught up in the fraud which >>>took place period between 2003 and 2007 when HBOS employee Lynden Scourfield , who was in charge of looking after troubled businesses<<< , referred struggling companies to David Mills and his consultancy QCS in return for luxury cruises and lavish gifts .      |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/30/lloyds-bank-pays-hbos-victims-35000-in-living-expenses', 1)                      | The number of victims has risen to 67 small business customers from 64 as more have stepped forward since January >>>when six financiers were jailed for their roles in the fraud<<< , which took place before Lloyds rescued HBOS in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis .                                                                                                   |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/30/lloyds-bank-pays-hbos-victims-35000-in-living-expenses', 18)                     | The fraud took place >>>between 2003 and 2007 when HBOS employee Lynden Scourfield , who was in charge of looking after troubled businesses<<< , referred struggling firms to David Mills and his consultancy QCS in return for luxury cruises and lavish gifts .                                                                                                                    |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/may/15/noel-edmonds-lloyds-hbos-tv-scandal', 2)                                         | In a personal intervention , the TV celebrity has written to Lord Blackwell , the chair of Lloyds , to lambast the lack of urgency in making payments to the businesses that suffered from the fraud >>>for which six individuals were jailed in February<<< .                                                                                                                       |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/25/hbos-fraud-compensation-lloyds-russel-griggs-noel-edmonds', 22)                  | Mills and Scourfield were among six individuals >>>jailed this year for their roles in the fraud<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/01/lloyds-profits-jump-23-per-cent-despite-fresh-ppi-hit-of-550m', 22)              | The bank stuck to its £ 100m provision for the fraud for which >>>two former HBOS employees were jailed<<< , and said it was in the process of paying compensation to the victims of the fraud , who include the TV presenter Noel Edmonds .                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/14/mps-threaten-to-publish-internal-lloyds-report-into-hbos-reading', 1)            | A group of MPs have said they will publish a report into what Lloyds Banking Group knew about >>>a fraud at its HBOS Reading unit<<< , following years of campaigns for full disclosure by its victims .                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/10/lloyds-compensation-claims-hbos-reading-fraud', 7)                               | Six people , including two former HBOS employees , were >>>jailed in 2017<<< over a £ 245m loan scam perpetrated from the Reading branch .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/21/bank-of-scotland-fined-by-regulator-over-reading-fraud', 14)                     | On Friday , the FCA also banned four individuals from working in financial services , two years after they were >>>convicted of fraud<<< and sent to prison .                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2019/may/03/lloyds-launches-review-hbos-compensation-scheme', 3)                             | Six people , including two former HBOS employees , were >>>jailed in 2017 over a £ 245m loan scam<<< perpetrated from the Reading branch , in which small firms were pushed under or damaged between 2003 and 2007 by being referred to a turnaround consultancy and loaded with unmanageable debts and fees .                                                                       |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2017/feb/07/housing-white-paper-builders-sajid-javid', 2)            | From the moment last Thursday when >>>Scourfield and five associates received combined jail sentences of 47-and-a-half years<<< , it was obvious that Lloyds would have to take this step .                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2017/jul/18/hbos-failure-fca-safestore', 11)                         | The delay this time , explained Bailey , is a complication in the form of the FCA 's separate HBOS inquiry arising from >>>the fraud at the HBOS Reading branch for which six people were jailed<<< in February .                                                                                                                                                                    |
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