HMRC

A man has been jailed and three others given suspended jail sentences for trying to steal more than £250,000 in a construction tax fraud conspiracy.

https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/construction-scam-busted-by-hmrc

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has denied fraud over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the Government.

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-08-22/former-formula-one-boss-bernie-ecclestone-denies-400m-fraud-charge

HMRC has received 13,775 whistleblower reports about furlough scheme fraud as people report employers.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/whistleblowing-reports-of-furlough-fraud-cases/

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is accused of falsely claiming he had only set up a single trust for his daughters in an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the Government, according to court documents.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/08/17/bernie-ecclestone-faces-fraud-charge-over-trust-for-daughters-documents-show/

A FRAUDSTER who used the Covid-19 pandemic to get £10,000 of taxpayers’ money he was not entitled to has been given a suspended prison sentence.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/businessman-cheated-way-10-000-135325833.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Michael Stainer, 74, gave staff at The Grand doctored and "misleading" payslips showing income tax and national insurance deductions. However, a court heard yesterday he actually pocketed the cash and used it to pay the mortgages for apartments within the imposing Grade-II listed building, in Folkestone, Kent, which was once frequented by the Royal Family.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1637046/Tax-fraud-employees-money-hotelier-Folkestone-Kent

The criminal charge relates to more than £400m of offshore assets which were concealed from HMRC, according to investigators.

https://news.sky.com/story/bernie-ecclestone-charged-with-fraud-following-investigation-says-cps-12649985

Directors face bans and custodial sentences

According to latest figures, 179 company directors have already been banned by the Insolvency Service from running companies for defrauding government support schemes like furlough and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

Company directors who either commit VAT fraud or fail to demonstrate procedures to prevent VAT fraud in the supply chain are being targeted by HMRC.

https://www.scotsman.com/business/hmrc-targeting-supply-chain-vat-fraud-3733762

A fugitive fraudster who was dubbed Britain's "most wanted woman" has finally been jailed – nine years after she was sentenced for her part in a multi-million pound VAT scam.

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-06-10/britains-most-wanted-woman-jailed-after-9-years-on-the-run-abroad