A barrister has been jailed for 21 months for fraudulently evading nearly £100,000 in VAT by understating his income and inflating his expenses over five years
HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service has recovered more than £1bn from the proceeds of crime and tax offenders since the formation of a specialist fraud squad five years ago
In this year’s round-up of our called to account series we feature the biggest cases of the last year that include an accountant jailed for fraudulent VAT claims, director banned for stealing £1.7m to buy horses, and a takeaway boss jailed after claiming tax law ignorance
A Virgin Money finance team worker has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison after transferring £1.3m from the bank into personal accounts
National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) has been fined £264,772,619.95 following convictions for three offences of failing to comply with money laundering regulations
Two company directors and an accountant have been banned for a total of 13.5 years after they failed to keep company records and avoided £500,000 in tax
A London wholesaler has been struck off as a director for seven years after he failed to pay the tax authorities more than £600,000 in due tax and penalties
