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The Billion-Pound Savings Scandal

Each year, a billion pounds is lost in failed investment schemes. Panorama tells the story of one of them as its member challenge the regulators they believe failed them.

Offshore money, huge fees, suspicious payments and a phantom head of the KGB - just some of what a group of ordinary British savers discovered when the £46 million fund they had invested in collapsed. Each year, a billion pounds is lost in failed investment schemes. Panorama tells the story of one of them and follows investors as they try to unravel the truth about the Blackmore Bond, a Manchester-based scheme, and challenge the regulators they believe failed them.

59 minutes

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Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorLuke Mendham
DirectorAndrew Thompson
ProducerLuke Mendham
Executive ProducerSandy Smith
Executive ProducerMike Lewis
EditorKaren Wightman
Production CompanyNine Lives Media

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