A £2.7m boiler room fraudster, who used different names for his crimes and was jailed for nine years for his crooked activities, has been banned by the FCA.

The FCA has banned Nigel Lewis and Susan Jones of West Wales Financial Services Limited (in liquidation) (FRN: 756482) from advising customers on pension transfers and pension opt outs after accusing them of performing "a double act of carelessness and incompetence" in relation to BSPS advice.

Devon financial adviser Mark Anthony Jensen has been banned by the FCA after he was found guilty of £1.2m worth of fraud and jailed for more than five years.

Stockport-based financial adviser Denis William Armitt (FRN 402468) has had his permission to carry out any regulated activity revoked after failing to submit returns to the Financial Conduct Authority by the relevant date.