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Hedge fund founder charged by Serious Fraud Office

By Sian-Hall @ Dec 21, 2012 in Fraud
21
Dec

Swedish Financier, Magnus Peterson, founder of Weavering Capital (UK) Limited has been charged with six offences under the Theft Act 1968, Companies Act 1985, Fraud Act 2006 and Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. Criminal proceedings were instigated by the Serious Fraud Office for offences...

HMRC launch campaign to tackle tax evasion

By Sian-Hall @ Nov 20, 2012 in Fraud
20
Nov

HMRC have launched a multi million pound campaign to target tax evasion and fraud. The advertising campaign, which consists of billboard advertisements and a new website,  was launched on Monday 12th November and is part of a £917 million programme to try and claw back some of the millions...

Immorality and tax avoidance

By Sian-Hall @ Nov 16, 2012 in Fraud
16
Nov

Three US companies that have become household names in the UK are the latest to come under fire as the government continues its campaign against tax avoidance. Starbucks, Amazon and Google have all been accused of "being immoral”; ensuring they made little or no profits in the UK in order to...

Accusations of electoral fraud in East Lancashire

By Paul Schofield @ May 24, 2012 in Electoral Fraud
24
May

The MP for Pendle has made allegations regarding widespread electoral fraud in East Lancashire's Asian community in a debate in the House of Commons.  Andrew Stephenson suggested that Asian women in his constituency had told him they had no idea who they had voted for because their husbands...

Fall in reported fraud cases ‘calm before the storm’

By Paul Schofield @ Jan 10, 2012 in Fraud
10
Jan

A recent report has suggested that the level of reported fraud cases in the North West has halved in the last twelve months, to £94 million. These figures indicate that the cost of fraud to the North West has fallen below that to the north east, Midlands and Scotland for the first time since...

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