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15 Mar 2011
A DIRECTOR of a Sunderland firm has been jailed for tipping off a client to a police investigation.
The accountancy firm boss Kishor Doshi was given an 18-month sentence for telling his client the police had ordered him to hand over the client's accounts, the Sunderland Echo reports.
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He also pleaded guilty to failing to adhere to money laundering regulations, by not registering with HM Revenue & Customs.
Doshi is the first person in the country to be convicted under the Proceeds of Crime Act for potentially prejudicing a covert money laundering inquiry. He is also banned from becoming a director for six years.
He said he did not know he was meant to keep the enquiry confidential. He had testimonies of his good character from an ex-policeman and a solicitor in court.
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