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By Lars Mucklejohn Hundreds of “erroneous” filings made at Companies House have raised fears over a sophisticated fraud targeted at banks and other financial institutions as the government faces criticism for the register’s lack of funding and checks on false information. The issue stems from around 800 forms on the settlement of debts submitted on 190 companies at the government-owned corporate register, all apparently made from the same account. The forms, called MR04s, appear to show that firms borrowing money had been released from charges that entitled the lender to repossess their proper…

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