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Ex-KPMG partner enters plea agreement to fraud

Scott London enters plea agreement over his role of insider trading while auditor at KPMG US

30 May 2013

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Ex-Saab Automobile CEO and CFO arrested for accounting fraud

Three directors including the CFO and CEO are arrested in Sweden for suspicion of attempts to “complicate tax controls” at Saab Automobile

22 May 2013

Ronald Moncrieff

£150,000 tax fraud accountant faces jail

Chartered accountant faces jail term over £153,000 tax fraud

13 May 2013

HP board sued over Autonomy acquisition

Shareholders claim HP board members were aware of red flags at Autonomy prior to HP’s acquisition

10 May 2013

Singing ex-Vantis man ordered to pay back £800,000

David Perrin has to return £809,692 to the public purse in six weeks or face a further three years behind bars

03 May 2013

HMRC asset seizures double over unpaid VAT

Asset seizures made by HMRC rise 98%, while criminal prosecutions of individuals is up 53% year-on-year to 31 March 2012

23 Apr 2013

Grant Thornton wins dismissal of Parmalat case

Decade-long lawsuit accusing Grant Thornton of malpractice and fraud in connection with the collapse of Parmalat is dismissed

12 Apr 2013

HMRC VAT investigations up by nearly half

VAT refund investigations carried out by HMRC last year have risen 44%

09 Apr 2013

Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud

François Hollande denies he was aware of former Budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac's secret foreign bank account

04 Apr 2013

First fraud convictions made for film industry reliefs

The first people convicted of defrauding the British Film Commission's tax relief scheme have been handed jail terms

26 Mar 2013

Ex-HMRC employee jailed over £360,000 fraud

As director of an accountancy firm, Malcolm MacLean falsified documents an manipulated clients' accounts

22 Mar 2013

Barrister jailed after VAT fraud

Edward Paul Agbaje charged clients VAT despite being unregistered, and failed to pass the tax due onto HM Revenue & Customs

18 Mar 2013

Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies

TS loves it when life imitates art

14 Mar 2013

Wine smugglers jailed over £5m VAT scam

Two Italian wine merchants face jail stints after importing and selling wine without passing on the VAT payments

14 Mar 2013

Meeson guilty of £5m pension tax fraud - UPDATED

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson and his business associate Peter Bradley have been found guilty of a £5m pension fraud.

05 Mar 2013

VAT fraud QC to serve three-and-a-half-years

Rohan Pershad QC will serve three-and-a-half-years in prison having been found guilty of failing to pay £600,000 in VAT

26 Feb 2013

80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC

Tens of thousands of taxpayers report instances of fraudulent emails purporting to be from HMRC

19 Feb 2013

QC jailed after £600,000 VAT fraud

Rohan Pershad QC told authorities he thought he could get away with not paying £600,000 in VAT

12 Feb 2013

FRC to investigate Autonomy over financials

The FRC is investigating Autonomy over alleged misrepresentations made in its accounts prior to its acquisition by Hewlett Packard

11 Feb 2013

Safeland recoups a further £0.5m of misappropriated funds

Latest recovery takes total amount of funds recouped to £725,000

01 Feb 2013

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Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

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