Blog Archive

November 2009

The following are posts from November 2009:

Six arrested in £4m tax fraud raids

Four men and two women have been arrested following raids by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers investigating a suspected £4m tax fraud. The raids were part of HMRC's continuing crackdown on construction tax fraud. The alleged offences include income tax, VAT and corporation tax evasion, construction industry fraud and money laundering. Officers removed business records and computer evidence...
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Rail Deaths Fine

Carillion Construction and Network Rail have been fined £1.1m and ordered to pay £100,000 costs between them, following the deaths of two railway maintenance staff. David Pennington, 46, from Burnley, and Martin Oakes, 38, from Sheffield were hit by a reversing road rail vehicle (RRV) while laying new track near Hednesford, Staffordshire in the early hours of a night in September 2004. The two f...
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