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What to expect if HM Revenue and Customs investigates you, the penalties that may be charged and what details about you can be published.
Crime and fraud issues in international trade: theft of goods, money laundering, cyber crime, employee fraud, infringement of intellectual property.
Find out what checks you should complete and how to report potential fraud if you’re an agency, employer or worker.
Find out about mini umbrella company fraud, including checks you should complete and how to report potential fraud.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Plans have been submitted to modernise the identification doctrine, a legal principle which can hold corporations criminally liable for an offence.
Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of services
Finance companies Satchi Holdings PLC and Hartreel Ltd wound-up after misleading investors and failing to cooperate with an investigation into the firms’ affairs
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Find out what checks you should complete and how to report potential fraud if you’re an employer or worker in the construction industry.
Find out how you could be made liable for the unpaid VAT of another VAT-registered business when you buy or sell specified goods.
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Attorney General's guidelines for prosecutors on the use of the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud. First published 2007.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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