Manchester firm bombarded people in debt with 5.5m texts

A business has been fined £300,000 for bombarding people in debt with more than 5.5 million unlawful texts, including fake bailiff threats. Manchester-based KRA Consultancy sent messages appearing to come from bailiffs to people’s phones to frighten them into responding, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said. The firm was found to have sent 5,575,715 unsolicited…