Dr Darren Anderson was the managing director of Zulu Travel Services when the Insolvency Service caught up with the fraudster.

Accounts from Zulu Travel Servies showed assets and shareholder funds of £4.7m, split by £1,307,400 in assets and £3,408,400 in shareholder funds for 2022-23. When confronted by investigators about the legitimacy of this, Anderson could not provide any evidence of where the money came from.

Additionally, Anderson is in control of Rush Group, showing current assets of £2,100,000 and shareholer funds of £4,200,000, before Anderson took over in 2023 the company had net assets if £1. This company is still listed on Companies House as active.

The official receiver was appointed as the liquidator of Zulu Travel in June and it took over the company’s affairs to identify if there were any assets to return to victims of Anderson’s fraud.

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