Monthly Archives: January 2012

HMRC Tackles Tax Fraud

Tax investigations can be one of the most nerve-wracking experiences in life but help is now at hand from an unlikely source. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is giving an out to any taxpayers who are suspected of tax fraud. The new initiative will allow them to avoid criminal investigations, as long as they

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Forensic Accountants Hunt for Madoff’s Missing Billions

Forensic accountants have been called in to work on what is thought to be the largest financial fraud ever carried out in the US. We wrote earlier in this blog about Ponzi schemes and Bernie Madoff in March 2009, the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, pleaded guilty to 11 federal offences related

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RBS – How Arrogance Led to The Collapse of Britain’s Biggest Bank

The collapse of the RBS wasn’t directly responsible for the financial mess in which the UK finds itself today but it was certainly one of the turning points in the deep economic recession which continues to grip the nation. RBS’ then CEO, Fred Goodwin – ‘Fred the Shred’, as he is now known – supplied

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