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A BOLTON man has received a suspended prison sentence after refusing to divulge why he was handed £64,000 in a carrier by a suspected money…

Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Fife woman who tried to hide a £380,000 tax fraud by claiming vital documents had been destroyed in a flood has been jailed for two years. Lesley Dykes, 66, of Markinch, stole the money during a five-year fraud while running The Crusoe Hotel in Lower Largo and Dunnikier House Hotel in Kirkcaldy. A spokeswoman for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the public purse was the vi...

‘Cynical’ Scots hotel owner who carried out £380k tax fraud behind bars after admitting five-year scam Lesley Dykes admitted stealing the massive sum of cash from HMRC over five years while running the Crusoe Hotel in Lower Largo and Dunnikier House Hotel in Kirkcaldy. Dykes ran the popular Crusoe Hotel in Lower Largo (Image: Google Maps) Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter....

Fri, Nov 13th 2020 3:35am — Tim Cushing The Trump Campaign is back in court, hoping to reclaim a presidency Donald Trump has lost. It spent plenty of time in court prior to the election, hoping to prevent as many people as possible from voting. Now, its doing the same thing, insisting (without evidence) theres voter fraud everywhere. Immediately following Election Day, the Trump campaign opened its own voter fraud hotlines. People who thought they observed voting fraud were encouraged to call...

Reports of unemployment fraud on rise By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com LIMA — Law enforcement agencies and government officials in Allen, Putnam and Auglaize counties are receiving increasing numbers of reports concerning fraud attempts centered on the unauthorized application for state unemployment benefits. “This most recent scam is the filing of fraudulent Ohio unemployment claims on people’s behalf without their knowledge,” Kalida Police Chief James Gulker posted earlier this we...

Athens woman bilked of $1,600 in rental home scam A 28-year-old Athens woman looking for a home to rent lost $1,600 after she wired the money for a house she found advertised on Craigslist in what turned out to be a scam. The victim told the Athens Banner-Herald she visited the house Thursday morning on Timber Ridge Court in a neighborhood off Lexington Road. “I talked to the lady and she said they had just bought the house,” she said. “I was looking for my own place and getting out of my...

Scots bosses caged over £45,000 VAT scam after making up fake invoices Company boss David Paterson and accountant Kevin Sinclair were sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court. Company boss David Paterson and accountant Kevin Sinclair were locked up at Dundee Sheriff Court Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscri...

Fraudster Scone businessman who conned taxpayer out of £45,000 jailed for 33 months Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Perthshire contractor has been jailed for 33 months for fraud after conning the taxpayer out of £45,000. David Paterson, 56, director of the now closed Corriedale Contracts Ltd in Perth, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison after pleading guilty to VAT fraud following a HM Re...