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Thousands of households have had their addresses unknowingly used by crime gangs to register bogus companies, a BBC investigation has revealed.
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours[/size] found about 150,000 had been registered and in some streets, every home had been targeted.
The residents have then had to deal with overdrafts, loans, insurance demands and credit card debts.
A Companies House spokesman said there were currently "no legal powers to verify or validate" a firm's details.
Most of those affected have been targeted by organised crime gangs, who have registered companies at addresses across the whole of the UK.
The homeowners only found out when post from Companies House, HMRC and banks arrived addressed to the businesses.
