HMRC

Leading business figures across the West Midlands are celebrating after being named in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honours List… Worcestershire-based Simon York, the director of the fraud investigation service at HMRC receives an CBE for services to countering international tax fraud.

The Government is being urged by MPs to publish a list of companies that have signed up to the furlough scheme amid concerns it does not know how much is being lost through fraud and error.

The Government launched the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ (EOTHO) scheme on the 3rd August 2020 to boost the hospitality sector which had suffered heavily from falling revenues during the first lockdown.

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Bankers told the Treasury Select Committee they have seen higher levels of fraud for the taxpayer-backed scheme.

Two Scottish men involved in creating false invoices as part of a £45,000 tax fraud have been given prison sentences.

Police and customs officers also uncovered a tobacco factory in Hamilton during last week's operation.

A falsified bank statement was submitted in January 2016, prompting an investigation

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Three men involved in a fraudulent £29.5m claim for tax relief on a bogus IT project have been jailed for a total of 21 years.

More than 30 million illegal cigarettes worth £11.6m were found hidden among packets of noodle soup near Dudley.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of falsely applying for a Bounce Back Loan and allegedly using the money to buy personal items.