A quiet property on a housing estate in Fife is the unlikely headquarters of an operation that allows company directors to walk away from millions of pounds of debts.The detached home on Dunfermline's Dunnock Road is a mail drop centre used by John Irvin's Atherton firms, which offer "company rescue services" allowing businesses to be wound up without owners facing massive liabilities.The Daily Record has told how how one tycoon, Jamie Smith, used the Atherton scheme to wind up his Snow Factor business - leaving workers owed thousands in unpaid wages.Now we can reveal that the home, called Dunnock House, has witnessed a steady stream of HMRC officers, debt collectors and police since Atherton signed up for the mailing service more than two years ago.The innocent householder runs a legitimate mail drop service at the address.But Dunnock House - which deals with mail services for many reputable companies - is a place many rogue businesses go to die, with more than 100 involved in the Atherton schemes.Banned director Neville Taylor was appointed to head up the firms as part of the Atherton operations.He has made more than £270,000 in fees for putting his name on the director forms - then sitting back and waiting for companies to be dissolved.Many desperate owners have been seduced by the sales pitch that states they can legally walk away from a company and its liabilities - and carry on their business with a different "clean slate" company.They hundreds on a daily from lots all chasing source at The Record told yesterday how Taylor, 57, was banned from being a director for nine years in January for "repeatedly subverting the insolvency system".The patsy director was paid to sign up more than 400 companies by scheme
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