Archive for the ‘General News & Cases’ Category
07.09.10 HMRC Guidance – Pakistan floods disaster – guidance on transmitting money
The Government recognises the crucial importance of individual giving and charitable donations at times of humanitarian crisis such as the Pakistan floods and therefore understands and values people’s desire to give money. This underlines the importance of knowing that money sent with best intentions is not inadvertently finding its way ...
02.07.10 Chartered accountant faces eight years behind bars
A London Chartered accountant faces eight years behind bars after being convicted of manipulating both his clients' and his own tax returns, pocketing £11m in income tax and VAT payments. Christos Charalambous (58) of Palmers Green, London, completed over 6,000 self assessment tax returns for clients which included fictitious expenses claims ...
22 April 2010 SOCA announce one of six most wanted arrested in Amsterdam
One of six most wanted arrested in Amsterdam The new Dutch Crimestoppers operation saw the arrest of its first target yesterday. James Vincent Muldoon, 30, of Liverpool, absconded from his trial for armed robbery in 2007 and was sentenced in his absence to 13 years in prison. He was believed to be on ...
08.04.10 Crime proceeds spent on Wigan allotment project
Thousands of pounds confiscated from criminals have been donated to an allotment project in Greater Manchester. Norley Hall allotments in Wigan has been given £5,000, which was raised through the police's payback scheme. Under the scheme, money raised by criminals is given to the community. The allotment was set up to encourage youngsters ...
22.01.10 Fraud losses cost the UK £30bn a year
Fraud - including scams, online theft, insurance cheats and tax fraud - costs the UK £30bn a year, according to an official estimate. The National Fraud Authority (NFA) has calculated the figure for the first time ...
15.01.10 Hunslet Man Arrested for Money Laundering
A 35-year-old Hunslet man has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering as part of an investigation involving the City and Holbeck Proceeds of Crime Team and the Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT). Police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) from the NPT entered the unemployed man's home yesterday afternoon ...
16.09.09 Four arrested connection with a £9m mortgage fraud
Four men have been arrested by the City of London Police force in connection with a £9m mortgage fraud against a major insurance company. 40 police officers have been involved in the operation in the South-East of England which has led to a number of co-ordinated searches on four houses, the ...
14.09.09 HM Revenue and Customs officers arrested 21 people in raids in a multi million pound construction industry fraud.
The twenty one arrests, consisting of eighteen men and three women, were made covering areas as diverse as the West Midlands, Staffordshire, London and Greater Manchester. The suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to ‘cheat the public revenue’ and ‘money laundering’ offences amounting to over £6 m. They were ...
10.09.09 Serious Fraud Office (SFO) launches investigation into JJB and Sports Direct
Following an OFT investigation into the sports retail market, it has been announced that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has now begun its own investigations into JJB Sports and Sports Direct. JJB Sports revealed that it had stated its concerns about possible cartel activity in its market to the OFT which ...
08.09.09 Accountant jailed for eight years for tax fraud
John Warman who holds no qualifications to be an accountant, operated a sole practitioner practice dealing with the affairs of a number of clients. He conspired to steal £2.5m from HMRC was told by the Judge that he lived in a 'fantasy world' as he jailed him for eight years. ...
