The Farepak Debacle V

Regular readers may well recall that I have written several articles (some years ago) about the collapse of the Christmas savings company Farepak.

To add insult to injury of those who were robbed of their savings by its collapse, it now transpires that the cost of administering Farepak now stands at £8.2M in fees paid to BDO the administrator, lawyers and various others.

As for the 120,000 people who lost money (an average of £400 per person) the most they can expect to receive in compensation is £5.5M, most are still waiting, which equates to roughly £45 per head!

It is sad and ironic to see accountants and lawyers doing better than those who can least afford to lose money.