A pension fraud case against a director of a target sports centre has been adjourned for six weeks, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed.

The company director, Lee Bartholomew, was accused of fraudulently deducting money from the salaries of employees of 1066 Target Sports Ltd as contributions towards the company’s occupational pension scheme, and not paying it to the schemes within the prescribed period.

Bartholomew appeared at Brighton Magistrates Court on Friday 24 March 2023, charged with one count of fraudulent evasion of his employee pension duties and one count of failure to provide information lawfully required.

However, the magistrates panel agreed to an adjournment to allow the defendant further time to find legal representation.

A new hearing date was fixed for 4 May 2023 at Brighton Magistrates Court.

This is the latest in a number of prosecutions brought by TPR, following the successful prosecution of a number of former pension scheme trustees across a multiple cases last year, with another case relating to illegal pension investments still ongoing.

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