Crime
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Sep- 2019 -17 September
Airport car park boss must repay £300,000 over tax fraud
A jailed airport car park boss must repay almost £300,000 in stolen tax or face another three years in prison.…
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11 September
Fraudsters ordered to pay over £7m in confiscation orders
Jolan Saunders and Michael Strubel, former company executives at Saunders Electrical Wholesalers Ltd, have been ordered by the Serious Fraud…
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6 September
Accountant and haulage boss jailed for tax fraud
An accountant and haulier who lied to employees and customers to commit a £130,000 tax fraud have been jailed after…
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5 September
Father and son sentenced for horse box fraud
A father and son who ran businesses that bought and sold horse boxes have been sentenced after an investigation into…
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Aug- 2019 -21 August
Alleged fraud reaches £319m in first half of 2019
Over £319m of alleged fraud hit UK Courts in the first half of 2019, down from £345m in the same…
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16 August
NCA granted freezing orders on eight bank accounts containing £100m
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been granted freezing orders on eight bank accounts containing a total of more than…
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13 August
Former KPMG US exec jailed over PCAOB leaks
Cynthia Holder, a former PCAOB inspection leader and executive director at KPMG US has been jailed for eight months after…
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8 August
FCA issues warning over Smith and Williamson ‘clone’
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning over a website impersonating accountancy firm Smith and Williamson. The firm…
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Jul- 2019 -29 July
Losses from mandate fraud approaches £100m
Businesses are being warned about the dangers of mandate fraud after new figures reported losses reached almost £100m in 2018/19.…
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26 July
PPI call centre boss and his accountant jailed in £2.3m HMRC tax probe
The director of a Basingstoke call centre business and an accountant, have been jailed for a total of seven-and-a-half years…
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