Crooked accountant who stole from staff jailed
A crooked accountant who abused his position to orchestrate a £1.7 million tax fraud - spending the stolen cash on lavish holidays and cars - has been jailed for four years.
Topics: Crime
HMRC backs honest businesses with 15,000 warehouse seizures
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has seized nearly 15,000 imported items from delivery warehouses across the UK – in a bid to tackle customs fraud and help level the playing field for honest businesses.
Son of a Preacher Scam: Crooked churchmen jailed for charity fraud
A former accountant of a national children’s charity has been jailed for 10 years for using his knowledge of the sector to steal £1.5 million through fraudulent Gift Aid claims.
HMRC probes suspected tax evasion bank customers
Hundreds of UK customers of a collapsed Puerto Rican bank linked to tax evasion and money laundering are being given a chance to check and correct their tax affairs. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is currently writing to around 600 people in the UK who used the Euro Pacific Bank (EPB) urging them to check their tax position and make any corrections to their tax affairs.
