HMRC

The fraudsters claim their victims have unpaid tax and need to transfer money to them

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/police-warning-hmrc-scam-targeting-1484366

Marketplaces including Amazon and eBay are about to ink a deal with HMRC to dob in VAT evaders.

https://tamebay.com/2018/04/up-to-40-of-vat-evasion-may-be-from-uk-sellers-not-chinese-sellers-says-hmrc.html

The final gang member of an eight-strong gang from the West Midlands has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2016333-final-tax-fraud-gang-member-jailed  

The ringleaders of an eight-strong gang of labourers from the West Midlands have been jailed for attempting to steal £300,000 through fake tax claims.

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/04/05/ringleaders-jailed-of-tax-fraud-labourers-gang/

The co-founder of a Manchester-based corporate finance house has had all charges of tax fraud against him officially dropped.

https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/northwest/corporate-financiers-tax-fraud-charges-dropped

A high-flying businessman, who masterminded a sophisticated £9.8 million international VAT fraud to fund his lavish lifestyle of flash cars and a luxury Spanish home, has been jailed for nine years.

https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/hm-revenue-customs-hmrc/pressreleases/ferrari-driving-fraudster-jailed-for-ps9-dot-8m-international-tax-fraud-2459740

A South Shields man, who stole £93,000 tax and spent it on holidays and executive boxes at football matches, has been sentenced.

https://www.sun-fm.com/news/local/2529521/construction-worker-sentenced-for-93k-tax-fraud/

Action Fraud has received more than 1,700 reports in the past two weeks of phishing attempts involving scammers pretending to be from HM Revenue & Customs.

https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2018/03/15/action-fraud-sees-1-700-hmrc-phishing-reports-in-two-weeks/

The government wants to combat online VAT fraud and with the VAT split payment, it will seek to use payments industry technology to collect VAT on online sales and transfer it directly to HMRC

http://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/top-takeaways-2018-spring-statement/

A Hull shopkeeper has been jailed for five years after being caught with more than one million illicit cigarettes hidden in self-storage containers.

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/shopkeeper-jailed-670k-tobacco-fraud-13-03-2018/