HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

Himat Singh Chana (L) & Madhu Narayana Bhajanehatti (R)

17 January 2020 16:54

Duo jailed for £1m property fraud

A pair of fraudsters who bought and sold over 50 properties but failed to pay nearly £1 million in tax, have been jailed for more than eight years.

6 October 2016 15:54

Lavish lifestyle over for Essex fraudster

An Essex businessman who funded a lavish lifestyle of expensive houses, luxury cars and a Marbella holiday home through a £4.75 million VAT fraud has been jailed for six years.

25 May 2016 11:38

Crime duo sentenced for laundering dirty cash

Two men have been sentenced for laundering the profits of crime after they were caught with cash totalling £166,000, in an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

20 May 2016 11:33

Cheating chartered accountant jailed for tax fraud

A chartered accountant from Essex who stole £107,000 of tax and tried to hide the money in his children’s bank accounts has been jailed.

12 January 2016 11:38

Charity conmen jailed for £500k Gift Aid fraud

Two unemployed men from Essex, who invented fake charities and donations so they could fraudulently reclaim over £500,000 in Gift Aid repayments, have both been jailed for 30 months.

6 November 2015 11:21

Cigarette smuggler’s plan goes pear-shaped

A lorry driver who smuggled more than 147 million cigarettes, worth an estimated £32 million in lost duty, into the UK hidden behind crates of rotting pears, has been jailed for almost seven years.

21 August 2015 16:35

Essex accountant jailed for tax fraud

An Essex accountant, who doctored his clients’ tax returns to steal £170,000 which he used to gamble, has been jailed after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigated him.

15 July 2015 13:46

Six arrested in suspected £22m tobacco fraud investigation

Six men have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected £22 million tobacco smuggling, tax evasion and money laundering fraud.

27 February 2015 16:32

VAT fraud gang jailed

The final member of a four-strong gang who attempted to steal £161,000 in a VAT fraud has been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

28 January 2015 13:37

Suspected £12 million tobacco fraud foiled

Three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected £12 million tobacco fraud as part of an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

20 January 2015 12:20

Essex civil servant jailed for tax credits fraud

An Essex woman who fraudulently claimed over £86,000 in tax credits by lying about her personal circumstances to receive higher payments has been sentenced.

2 September 2014 11:46

Three arrested on suspicion of tobacco smuggling

Three men have been arrested, and illicit cigarettes and tobacco seized, after a raid by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected tobacco smuggling plot worth an estimated £2.4 million.

23 May 2014 16:40

Five million illegal cigarettes seized in Essex

Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seized five million duty free cigarettes and arrested five men after a raid at an industrial unit in Harlow, Essex, on Wednesday (21 May 2014).

25 April 2014 12:59

£5 million illegal tobacco fraud foiled

£5 million illegal tobacco fraud foiled Five men have been arrested after the discovery of equipment used for producing illegal cigarettes and tobacco products in Greater Manchester and Essex.

10 December 2013 10:36

Tax fraudster must pay back £3.3 million

One of the key players in a 21-strong criminal gang who stole £37.5 million in a complex tax fraud has been ordered to pay back £3.3 million.

30 July 2013 14:04

Cigarette smuggling money men ordered to pay back £2.7 million

The financial backers of a criminal enterprise that attempted to smuggle 20 million cigarettes into the UK by describing them as babies’ toys have been ordered to repay £2.7 million or face further jail terms.

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