Categories: fraud

  • Arms dealers sentenced to 32 years in jail

    A British businessman has been jailed for 16 years after brokering illegal deals involving fighter jets and weapons destined for war zones including Sudan, South Sudan and Libya. David Greenhalgh, 68, of Croydon, south London, helped broker the supply of ex-Soviet jets, surface-to-air missile systems, anti-tank missiles, thousands of assault rifles and other controlled goods between 2009 & 2016.

    David Greenhalgh

  • New HMRC enforcement blitz means nowhere to run for dodgy high street businesses

    Chancellor John Healey is urging people to report tax fraud as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ramps up its work to tackle illegal activity on the high street. The improved Report Tax Fraud service on GOV.UK makes it easier than ever to ‘shop' high street businesses they suspect are involved in fraud, from vape shops to barber shops.

    HMRC officer carrying out checks on a high street shop

  • Tax Minister to owners of dodgy shops: “We are coming for you”

    HMRC made unannounced visits to six souvenir shops across central London this week, as it significantly scales up its work to tackle illegal activity on the high street. Officers from HMRC were joined by colleagues from Home Office Immigration Enforcement, Westminster Council Trading Standards and the Metropolitan Police. The teams checked shops selling royal family, London and UK-themed gifts.

  • Two arrested for suspected £153 million TikTok tax scam

    Two men suspected of using TikTok in an alleged multi-million pound tax fraud have been arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Cybercrime investigators arrested the pair in East London after blocking £153 million of suspected fraudulent claims that are thought to have used personal tax details from TikTok users.

  • Smuggling gang jailed

    A gang that smuggled 150 million illegal cigarettes has been sentenced following a massive HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) surveillance operation.

  • Secret tobacco factory dismantled

    One of Northern Ireland’s biggest ever illegal tobacco factories has been dismantled after a raid in Newry.

  • Carousel tax fraudster loses £90 million property empire

    The mastermind of one of the UK’s biggest ever carousel tax frauds has been ordered to pay back more than £90 million with the sale of property across London, Preston and overseas. Sock manufacturer Arif Patel, 57, of Preston, and his criminal gang tried to steal £97 million through VAT repayment claims on false exports of textiles and mobile phones.

    Arif Umarji Patel, the seized Ferrari, counterfeit underwear & container with counterfeit clothes inside

  • Fourteen arrested in phishing attack investigations

    14 people have been arrested on suspicion of using stolen data to steal millions of pounds of tax. HMRC officers joined Romanian police on raids which are linked to sophisticated phishing attacks.

  • 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.

  • Crooked accountant who stole from staff jailed

    A crooked accountant who abused his position to orchestrate a £1.7 million tax fraud - spending the stolen cash on lavish holidays and cars - has been jailed for four years.

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