Called to account

Insight | Football fan cheated charity out of £200k

A 24-year-old man has been jailed for over two years after defrauding the Football Foundation charity of £200,000, which he used to go to the World Cup in Qatar and buy luxury goods

29 Sep 2023

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Business

Practice & Industry

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Insight | Media director banned for £50k bounce back fraud

A director of a media and advertising company has been banned from being a director after faking the company’s financial position to fraudulently claim the maximum amount in bounce back loans

29 Sep 2023

Insight | PwC Australia partners had ‘whatever it takes culture’

An investigation into the insider tax information scandal at PwC Australia found that the firm ignored ethics, had poor risk management and gave top revenue earners too much power

29 Sep 2023

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Practice & Industry

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Leadership & management

Insight | Retired solicitor jailed for £2m client fraud

A Norfolk solicitor has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for committing fraud by misusing clients’ funds at the law firm where he was a partner

28 Sep 2023

Insight | Ex-MP loses appeal against prison sentence for fraud

A former MP who was jailed after trying to claim £52,000 of parliamentary expenses through a fictitious autism charity has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge his sentence

27 Sep 2023

Tax | Director banned for 12 years over VAT fraud

A director has been given a 12-year disqualification after causing his company to participate in transactions which were connected with the fraudulent evasion of VAT

26 Sep 2023

Insight | Tax adviser jailed for £107k repayment claim fraud

A tax agent who abused his position to steal thousands from clients by banking tax repayments from HMRC for his personal use has been jailed for more than three years

25 Sep 2023

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Called to account

Insight | Silver trader disqualified for £1m tax fraud

A director of a metal trading company has been disqualified for 12 years after selling precious metals connected to a tax fraud scheme run by customers

21 Sep 2023

Insight | Accountant banned after abusive email tirade

A retired accountant who sent abusive, sexist and offensive emails during a dispute with an estate management company has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 in costs to ICAEW

19 Sep 2023

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Insight | Burnley boss banned for £111k tax fraud

The director of a construction company has been given a 10-year ban after fraudulently claiming a £111,527 Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) payment from HMRC

19 Sep 2023

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Insight | Ex-HMRC employee jailed for £240k fraud

A former employee at HMRC has been handed two years in prison after she fabricated child credit claims to steal almost £240,000

18 Sep 2023

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Practice & Industry

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Tax | Former rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio settles £700k tax debt

HMRC has reached agreement with former England rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio to clear a tax debt of £700,000

15 Sep 2023

Insight | Management consultant jailed for £850k will fraud

A retired management consultant has been jailed for five years after defrauding vulnerable people out of nearly £900,000, which he used to fund a gambling addiction and holidays

12 Sep 2023