Posts Tagged ‘Money Laundering Offences’
11.07.11 Solicitor Jailed For Corruption
A Henley-on-Thames based solicitor is serving a 16 month prison sentence for abusing his professional position. James Thorburn-Muirhead was sentenced on 29th June after a SOCA investigation revealed his links to a drug dealer, his involvement in the theft of clients’ monies and his failure to disclose information under the Suspicious ...
11.02.11 An accountant has been found guilty of tipping off a client under PoCA
An Accountant has been warned he will go to jail after being found guilty of tipping off a client about a police investigation. The stark message to Kishor Doshi, director of Sunderland firm Otax, came after he was convicted of an offence under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The jury of eight ...
30.11.10 Accountant fined £5,000 for a failure to report
The ICAEW made the following regulatory decision in the following case for a failure to make a suspicious activity report in a timely basis Consent Orders made on 28 July 2010 With the agreement of Michael Martin Shenker of 5Wellesley Court, Apsley Way, London NW2 7HF, the Investigation Committee made an order that ...
04.11.10 FATF to add Tax Crimes as a ‘Predicate offence’ for money laundering
The Financial Action Task Force in its consultation document ‘Preparation for the 4th Round of Mutual Evaluations’ states that is considering including tax crimes as a predicate offence for money laundering in the context of its recommendation 1. More precisely, it proposes to amend the list of designated categories of ...
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 ...
05.08.09 Passwords stolen for tax returns
Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for tax refunds to be paid to them, HM Revenue and Customs has warned. A series of attempted fraudulent claims through the self-assessment repayments system has been discovered. No figures ...
30.03.09 Wirral drug baron’s wife’s Champagne lifestyle comes to end
SHE enjoyed a life of the most vulgar excess, once joining her husband for a £600 chauffeur ride to Claridges for a £345 meal at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant. But yesterday the glamorous wife of a Liverpool drugs baron was ...
25/02/09 Garda fraud officers continue Anglo probe
THE Garda Fraud Squad raid on the offices of Anglo Irish Bank was unprecedented and could lead to criminal prosecutions, according to legal experts. On Monday, a judge in Dublin's District Court granted officers from the Garda Fraud Squad permission to enter three separate premises of Anglo Irish Bank and take ...
31/01/2009 Human trafficker and Benefit Fraudster to payback £42K
The first ever case of human trafficking in Cheshire ended on 23 January 2009, with the sentencing of Cai Hong Yang, 44, at Warrington Crown Court. Yang received 16 months for the police charges against her, and an additional four months for charges of benefit fraud, brought against her by the ...
23/12/2008 Confiscation order for Plymouth man
At Plymouth Crown Court on 28 November 2008, the Plymouth Asset Recovery Unit secured a confiscation order in the sum of £37,085.00 against a local unemployed man. The man had previously pleaded guilty to disguising criminal property namely cash from the proceeds of trading in illegally imported tobacco. He also pleaded ...
