曾经是老师的菲尔•伯比奇(Phil Burbidge)身有残疾。2008年，他开始通过Keydata进行投资，但公司在第二年崩溃，导致他的毕生积蓄化为乌有。“我现在处于赤贫状态，”伯比奇说。“钱全都没了，连屋顶都修不起。”
Phil Burbidge, a disabled former teacher, said he invested through Keydata in 2008 but lost his life savings when the firm collapsed the next year. “I’m in complete and utter poverty,” said Mr. Burbidge. “The money’s all gone. I can’t even afford to mend the roof.”

英国金融市场行为监管局(British Financial Conduct Authority)的发言人在电子邮件中向时报表示，该国金融部门己经结束了相关调查，并通知了福特，他们计划采取执法行动。
British financial authorities have concluded their investigation and notified Mr. Ford that they plan to take enforcement action, a spokesman for the British Financial Conduct Authority said in an email to The Times.

该发言人称，福特对当局的执法决定随后提起了抗诉。接受采访时，福特宣称，政府不应该对自己的公司进行破产接管。“他们这是在试图展示权威，”他说。他还表示，家人控制的那些实体本就是自己从Keydata转出的资金的合法债主。
Mr. Ford, in turn, appealed the authority’s decision soon afterwards, the spokesman said. In an interview, Mr. Ford stated that the government should not have put his company into receivership. “They are trying to make a show of authority,” he said. He also added that the funds he transferred out of Keydata were fees legitimately owed to the entities his family controlled.