Seventy Ninth Group: Fraud

(asked on 29th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority communicated concerns relating to the Seventy Ninth Group to any regulated banks, building societies and payment service providers before the public announcement of the criminal investigation into that company.


Answered by
Lucy Rigby Portrait
Lucy Rigby
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 5th November 2026

The FCA will respond to the Hon. Member for Henley and Thame Oxfordshire, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons.

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