Ex-HMRC employee jailed over £360,000 fraud
Legal

Ex-HMRC employee jailed over £360,000 fraud

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Ex-HMRC employee jailed over £360,000 fraud

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

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Barrister jailed after VAT fraud
Corporate Tax

Barrister jailed after VAT fraud

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies

11y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies

TS loves it when life imitates art Read More...

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Wine smugglers jailed over £5m VAT scam
Corporate Tax

Wine smugglers jailed over £5m VAT scam

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Meeson guilty of £5m pension tax fraud - UPDATED
Corporate Tax

Meeson guilty of £5m pension tax fraud - UPDATED

11y Accountancy Age

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. Read More...

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

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

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC
Personal Tax

80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC

11y Beth Abel

80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC

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

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QC jailed after £600,000 VAT fraud
Legal

QC jailed after £600,000 VAT fraud

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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FRC to investigate Autonomy over financials
Audit

FRC to investigate Autonomy over financials

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Safeland recoups a further £0.5m of misappropriated funds
Audit

Safeland recoups a further £0.5m of misappropriated funds

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Safeland recoups a further £0.5m of misappropriate...

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

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Safeland lines up new FD as it recoups misappropriated funds
Company News

Safeland lines up new FD as it recoups misappropriated funds

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Safeland lines up new FD as it recoups misappropri...

Property developer starts tightening up controls as it looks to recover another £500k of stolen funds Read More...

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HMRC insider jailed for key role in tax fraud
Personal Tax

HMRC insider jailed for key role in tax fraud

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC insider jailed for key role in tax fraud

Former HMRC employee is jailed along with 13 others after a £1.2m PAYE fraud Read More...

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Investor files lawsuit against Deloitte & KPMG for work on Autonomy
Audit

Investor files lawsuit against Deloitte & KPMG for work on Autonomy

11y Rachael Singh

Investor files lawsuit against Deloitte & KPMG...

Allegations the two firms missed numerous red flags in their work with HP and Autonomy have been filed in a lawsuit in the US Read More...

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Investors sue HP over Autonomy acquisition
Audit

Investors sue HP over Autonomy acquisition

11y Rachael Singh

Investors sue HP over Autonomy acquisition

Following IT giant’s $5bn write-down of acquired company HP investors file lawsuit for loss of earnings Read More...

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Financial reporting think tank suspends manager over missing cash
Business Recovery

Financial reporting think tank suspends manager over missing cash

11y Rachael Singh

Financial reporting think tank suspends manager ov...

Think tank to improve financial practice in the City suspends manager over suspected fraud Read More...

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Grant Thornton takes on Safeland audit after Baker Tilly quits
Audit

Grant Thornton takes on Safeland audit after Baker Tilly quits

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Grant Thornton takes on Safeland audit after Baker...

Grant Thornton takes on Safeland audit as the property developer looks to recoup missing funds Read More...

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Deloitte backs its audit of Autonomy
Audit

Deloitte backs its audit of Autonomy

11y Rachael Singh

Deloitte backs its audit of Autonomy

Deloitte defends Autonomy audit following details of accounting misrepresentations and improprieties at the technology company that have come to light...

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KPMG conducted due diligence of Deloitte audit at Autonomy
Audit

KPMG conducted due diligence of Deloitte audit at Autonomy

11y Rachael Singh

KPMG conducted due diligence of Deloitte audit at ...

HP CEO tells analysts the IT business called in KPMG to conduct due diligence work on Deloitte’s audit of financial statements at Autonomy Read More...

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PwC finds $5bn black hole in HP's Autonomy deal
Corporate Finance

PwC finds $5bn black hole in HP's Autonomy deal

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

PwC finds $5bn black hole in HP's Autonomy deal

HP accuses some former members of Autonomy's management team of "accounting improprieties" prior to its acquisition Read More...

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More fraud discovered at Safeland
Company News

More fraud discovered at Safeland

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

More fraud discovered at Safeland

Another quarter of a million pounds of fraudulent transactions discovered at property developer Read More...

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Colin: Judge gently?
Accounting Firms

Colin: Judge gently?

12y Taking Stock

Colin: Judge gently?

Judges are seldom charitable, notes Colin Read More

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Ex-Vantis Faichney joins Perrin in jail over charity tax fraud
Personal Tax

Ex-Vantis Faichney joins Perrin in jail over charity tax fraud

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Ex-Vantis Faichney joins Perrin in jail over chari...

Former Vantis tax advisor Roy Faichney jailed for four years over £70m charity tax scheme fraud Read More...

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Baker Tilly quits as Safeland auditor over conflict of interest
Audit

Baker Tilly quits as Safeland auditor over conflict of interest

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Baker Tilly quits as Safeland auditor over conflic...

Two weeks after the discovery of fraudulent transactions at Safeland, Baker Tilly quits as auditor over conflict of interest Read More...

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Colin: Charity case is no defence
Legal

Colin: Charity case is no defence

12y Taking Stock

Colin: Charity case is no defence

Stealing from charity just isn't very christian, notes Colin Read More...

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Charity fraudster jailed for five years
Legal

Charity fraudster jailed for five years

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Charity fraudster jailed for five years

Steven Methuen is sentenced to five years in jail after stealing more than £500,000 from two charities Read More...

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PwC succeeds Deloitte as auditors of Phoenix IT
Audit

PwC succeeds Deloitte as auditors of Phoenix IT

12y Rachael Singh

PwC succeeds Deloitte as auditors of Phoenix IT

Weeks after PwC was recruited to investigate accounting irregularities, Phoenix IT hires it as auditor Read More...

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Former Olympus execs plead guilty to accounting fraud
Legal

Former Olympus execs plead guilty to accounting fraud

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Former Olympus execs plead guilty to accounting fr...

Tokyo prosecutors charge three former Olympus executives for falsifying company accounts to hide massive investment losses Read More...

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