HMRC

Two fugitives involved in one of Britain's biggest VAT frauds have been sentenced for their part in a £150m criminal racket.

Arif Patel, 55, and Mohamed Jaffar Ali, 59, both currently on the run from police in Dubai, were handed 20-year and 11-year jail terms respectively in their absence on Thursday following a 14-week trial.

HMRC has found “no evidence of fraud” in a case where 12,000 Chinese companies changed their addresses to a flat in Cardiff.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/23531065.no-evidence-fraud-case-12-000-businesses-registered-flat-mps-told/

The former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the UK Government following an investigation by the HMRC into the billionaire. The charge relates to the period between July 13 2013 and October 5 2016.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bernie-ecclestone-attends-hearing-southwark-083902463.html/

The mastermind of a fake designer clothing scam has been convicted of one of the UK’s largest ever carousel tax frauds.

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-04-12/fraudsters-found-guilty-in-one-of-hmrcs-biggest-ever-cases

A former West Yorkshire town councillor has been jailed for trying to steal more than £430,000 through the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

https://www.midlothianview.com/news/man-jailed-for-eat-out-to-help-out-fraud

Formerly one of the UK's most wanted women, a former public schoolgirl has had her sentence more than doubled for a massive fraud that laundered nearly £1billion.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11902213/Former-private-schoolgirl-Britains-wanted-woman-jail-term-doubled.html

A "greedy" businessman defrauded HMRC out of more than £2million, using the money to help fund a lavish lifestyle including expensive cars, horses and a luxury cottage.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/greedy-businessman-defrauded-tax-man-%C2%A32m-fund-lifestyle-183021425.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

HIVE360 call for industry to continue to resist non-compliant and tax-avoiding umbrella companies

https://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/the-fight-for-compliance/

The UK government’s COVID-19 job retention scheme, also known as furlough, has come under fire from MPs, who have criticised HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for its poor efforts to recover funds that were incorrectly claimed by employers. ‌ ​ ‌ ‌ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌ ‍ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌ ‌ ​ ‌ ​ ‍ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌ ‌ ​ ‌ ​

https://www.deeside.com/furlough-fraud-uk-government-criticised-for-poor-recovery-efforts/https://www.deeside.com/furlough-fraud-uk-government-criticised-for-poor-recovery-efforts/

A construction boss has been jailed for stealing over £2m of taxpayers’ money while he was in control of multiple failing companies.

https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2023/03/07/construction-boss-jailed-for-2m-tax-fraud/