Category: false accounting

Regina v Lancaster – WLR Daily

Posted March 5th, 2010 in appeals, benefits, false accounting, law reports, theft by sally

Regina v Lancaster [2010] EWCA Crim 370; [2010] WLR (D) 63

“Where a person was charged with an offence of falsifying a document made or required for an accounting purpose, by omitting a material particular from that document, contrary to s 17 of the Theft Act 1968, the omitted particular was to be regarded as material if it had the effect that the document was liable to mislead in a way which was significant, or in a way which mattered.”

WLR Daily, 4th March 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Three Labour MPs and one Tory peer face expenses abuse charges – The Guardian

Posted February 5th, 2010 in expenses, false accounting, news by sally

“Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer will face criminal charges over alleged abuses of their expenses, it was announced today.”

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The Guardian, 5th February 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

DPP due to announce MPs’ expenses charges decision – BBC News

Posted February 5th, 2010 in expenses, false accounting, news by sally

“Prosecutors are due to reveal whether they intend to bring criminal charges against six MPs and peers over their expenses claims.”

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BBC News, 5th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Law firm probe clients contacted – BBC News

Posted January 5th, 2010 in false accounting, law firms, news by sally

“Letters are being sent to clients of a firm of solicitors which was shut down in an investigation into claims of dishonesty and account irregularities.”

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BBC News, 4th January 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Former MEP Tom Wise faces jail over expenses fiddle – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 5th, 2009 in expenses, false accounting, fraud, news by sally

“Wise, 61, who first represented Ukip before turning independent, spent a year channelling taxpayers’ cash into a bank account he secretly controlled.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Expenses: in the spirit of the rules? – The Times

Posted May 21st, 2009 in expenses, false accounting, news, parliament by sally

“A police investigation into the MPs expenses scandal will swiftly identify false accounting as the criminal offence most likely to have been committed by the most egregious of the SW1 claimants.”

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The Times, 21st May 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Man jailed for NHS smoking scam – BBC News

Posted August 21st, 2008 in false accounting, news, sentencing by sally

“A modern day ‘Walter Mitty’ who stole £90,000 posing as an NHS no-smoking advisor, has been jailed for 18 months.”

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BBC News, 20th August 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk