£1m seized in Money Service Business raid
More than £1.1million has been seized following a raid on a Money Service Business (MSB) in London.
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Wanted tax fugitive jailed for money laundering
A money launderer who fled during his 2018 trial has been extradited from the Netherlands and jailed for five-and-a-half years. Javed Ahmad was caught trying to stuff more than £100,000 in a filing cabinet when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers raided his Burnley office in November 2015.
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HMRC: Informal money transfer businesses must take action against criminal exploitation
Criminals are exploiting informal money transfer services in the UK to launder an estimated £2 billion annually, concealing the proceeds of serious organised crime that harms communities. HMRC is urging businesses that offer these services – which help diaspora communities send money to relatives abroad – to register for anti-money laundering supervision to protect themselves from criminals.
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Son of a Preacher Scam: Crooked churchmen jailed for charity fraud
A former accountant of a national children’s charity has been jailed for 10 years for using his knowledge of the sector to steal £1.5 million through fraudulent Gift Aid claims.
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Ex-HMRC officer sentenced for helping husband launder £3.3m
A sacked HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officer who abused her position to help her husband launder £3.3 million of criminal cash has been sentenced.
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More than 11 million cigarettes seized
Four men have been arrested after the seizure of more than 11 million cigarettes in South Armagh.
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Leicester rag trade fraudsters jailed
The directors of a Leicester clothing company that supplied well known high street and online retailers have been jailed for a £1.3 million tax fraud.
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Gang jailed for laundering £26m
A gang that sent £26 million of dirty money to Dubai after depositing criminal cash at banks a dozen times a day for nearly a year have been jailed
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HMRC issues £3.2 million in money laundering penalties
Hundreds of businesses fined a total of £3.2 million for breaching anti-money laundering rules have been named by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The 240 supervised businesses named today were fined between 1 July and 31 December 2022 by HMRC for breaching Money Laundering Regulations aimed at preventing criminals from exploiting illicit cash.
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West Yorkshire man jailed for Eat Out to Help Out fraud
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.
Mohammed Ikram, 36, of Springfield Court, Keighley, admitted stealing money from the Covid-19 support schemes, following an investigation by HM Revenue and Custom’s (HMRC) Taxpayer Protection Taskforce.
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Prison time doubled for ‘most wanted’ tax criminal
One of the UK’s most wanted tax fugitives, who was caught and jailed for eight years last year, has had her sentence more than doubled for failing to repay the money she stole.
Sarah Panitzke, originally from York, played a leading role in a vast multi-million-pound VAT fraud and became one of the UK’s most wanted criminals after absconding during her trial in 2013.
The 48-year-old spent n -
Two arrested as global bank probe gathers pace
Two men have been arrested as part of a multi-million-pound tax fraud investigation involving UK customers of a collapsed Puerto Rican bank.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers executed search warrants at three residential and business addresses in Liverpool and arrested two men, aged 40 and 50.
Computers and other digital devices were seized during the raids along with business record
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