Accountant committed fraud to fund drug habit, court hears
People Business

Accountant committed fraud to fund drug habit, court hears

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Accountant committed fraud to fund drug habit, cou...

An accountant working for Four Seasons Health Care residential homes siphoned off £184,000 from dead residents to fund a drug addiction Read More...

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SFO charges Olympus over accounting scandal
Company News

SFO charges Olympus over accounting scandal

11y Richard Crump , Writer

SFO charges Olympus over accounting scandal

Serious Fraud Office brings prosecution against Olympus and its UK subsidiary in connection to a £1.1bn accounting scandal Read More...

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Five arrested after HMRC cyber attack
Personal Tax

Five arrested after HMRC cyber attack

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Five arrested after HMRC cyber attack

Five men arrested after a suspected £500,000 tax fraud Read More...

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Fraudster used online accountancy software to siphon money
People In Practice

Fraudster used online accountancy software to siphon money

11y Accountancy Age

Fraudster used online accountancy software to siph...

An accountant has been jailed for stealing money from a Norwich business using online accountancy technology Read More...

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Bridge Business Recovery founder charged with fraud
Business Recovery

Bridge Business Recovery founder charged with fraud

11y Rachael Singh

Bridge Business Recovery founder charged with frau...

Co-founder and former partner of collapsed insolvency firm Bridge Business Recovery, James Bradney, has been charged with alleged fraud Read More...

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Former Grant Thornton US partner pleads guilty to stealing $4m
Accounting Firms

Former Grant Thornton US partner pleads guilty to stealing $4m

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Former Grant Thornton US partner pleads guilty to ...

Ex-Grant Thornton partner Craig Haber pleads guilty to stealing $4m in client payments from the global accounting firm Read More...

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Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax fraud
Accounting Firms

Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax fraud

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax ...

CEO Watkin Gittins and former Montpelier Tax Consultants director Martin Calcutt charged over alleged charity relief fraud Read More...

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Wakefield accountant banned for 14 years
Accounting Firms

Wakefield accountant banned for 14 years

11y Rachael Singh

Wakefield accountant banned for 14 years

Darren Upton receives 14 year ban from being a company director for swindling client funds designated for the taxman Read More...

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HMRC updates tax fugitives’ gallery
Administration

HMRC updates tax fugitives’ gallery

11y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC updates tax fugitives’ gallery

Taxman updates rogues' gallery of alleged tax fraudsters in a bid to collect hundreds of millions of pounds of lost revenue Read More...

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Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation
Audit

Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation

11y Jane Howard

Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation

Jane Howard looks at how auditors can best protect their position in light of enhanced expectations and new reporting requirements Read More...

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Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against Grant Thornton liquidators
Accounting Firms

Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against Grant Thornton liquidators

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against G...

Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz are set to sue Grant Thornton liquidators Stephen Akers and Mark McDonald over a botched Serious Fraud Office investigati...

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Fake Bollywood film gang faces jail after tax fraud
Corporate Tax

Fake Bollywood film gang faces jail after tax fraud

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Fake Bollywood film gang faces jail after tax frau...

Four found guilty of defrauding HMRC of £6.6m after film scheme Read More...

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FCA ends iSoft accounting fraud court battle
Company News

FCA ends iSoft accounting fraud court battle

11y Fleur Doidge CRN & Rachael Singh

FCA ends iSoft accounting fraud court battle

Second retrial ruled 'not in the public interest' says Financial Conduct Authority Read More...

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Former Olympus execs sentenced over accounting fraud
Company News

Former Olympus execs sentenced over accounting fraud

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Former Olympus execs sentenced over accounting fra...

Three former executives at Japanese camera maker Olympus handed suspended jail sentences for their part in a £1bn accounting fraud Read More...

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Former KPMG US partner could face 20 years' jail
Corporate Governance

Former KPMG US partner could face 20 years' jail

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Former KPMG US partner could face 20 years' jail

Scott London set for sentencing after admitting to handing over insider information no clients Read More...

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HMRC cracks down on pension ‘liberation' fraud
Personal Tax

HMRC cracks down on pension ‘liberation' fraud

11y Accountancy Age

HMRC cracks down on pension ‘liberation' fraud

HM Revenue & Customs is to remove around 500 pension liberation providers from its register as part of a crackdown on pensions fraud Read More...

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Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false accounting
Legal

Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false accounting

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false ...

Mark Woodbridge jailed for three years and ten months for his part in a false accounting scandal at the software company between 2006 and 2007 Read Mo...

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Ex-KPMG partner enters plea agreement to fraud
Accounting Firms

Ex-KPMG partner enters plea agreement to fraud

11y Rachael Singh

Ex-KPMG partner enters plea agreement to fraud

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

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Ex-Saab Automobile CEO and CFO arrested for accounting fraud
Corporate Tax

Ex-Saab Automobile CEO and CFO arrested for accounting fraud

11y Rachael Singh

Ex-Saab Automobile CEO and CFO arrested for accoun...

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

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£150,000 tax fraud accountant faces jail
Personal Tax

£150,000 tax fraud accountant faces jail

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

£150,000 tax fraud accountant faces jail

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

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HP board sued over Autonomy acquisition
Audit

HP board sued over Autonomy acquisition

11y Rachael Singh

HP board sued over Autonomy acquisition

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

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

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

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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HMRC asset seizures double over unpaid VAT
Corporate Tax

HMRC asset seizures double over unpaid VAT

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Grant Thornton wins dismissal of Parmalat case
Accounting Firms

Grant Thornton wins dismissal of Parmalat case

11y Richard Crump , Writer

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 Read More...

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HMRC VAT investigations up by nearly half
Corporate Tax

HMRC VAT investigations up by nearly half

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC VAT investigations up by nearly half

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

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Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud
Personal Tax

Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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First fraud convictions made for film industry reliefs
Corporate Tax

First fraud convictions made for film industry reliefs

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

First fraud convictions made for film industry rel...

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

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