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  • (L-R) The ringleaders, Francis Devlin & Paul McStravick

    Twenty-seven sentenced in Northern Ireland’s biggest ever tax fraud case

    The ringleaders of a gang who triggered Northern Ireland’s biggest ever tax probe have been jailed thanks to secretly recorded conversations in a bugged accountant’s office. The decade-long investigation into the £5 million tax fraud ended yesterday with prison sentences issued to gang leaders 58-year-old Francis Devlin and 56-year-old Paul McStravick for a combined total of eight years.

  • Belfast workers urged to check their pay as 6,800 miss out on National Minimum Wage

    Belfast workers urged to check their pay as 6,800 miss out on National Minimum Wage

    People who work in Belfast are being encouraged to check that they are receiving the correct pay, after nearly 7,000 workers in the city were underpaid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) last year. This month HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is writing to more than 30,000 workers in the area to raise awareness and warn about mistakes employers may make with their pay.