Jailed !
- 7 November 2011 09:51135290HMRC press release...
Family jailed for £680K tax credit fraud.
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Three members of a crime gang who, it is believed, recruited Slovakian women so they could falsely claim £680K in tax credits have been jailed at Maidstone Crown Court following an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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The gang members were understood to have used the identities of the Slovakian women, and may have gone with them, to obtain the necessary documentation to fraudulently claim tax credits. The women then returned to Slovakia leaving the gang to control and access the tax credit payments using the women's bank accounts.
Darina Balogova (31) above, her husband Marek Balog below left (34) and her brother Jaroslav Bado (32), all Slovakian nationals living in Chatham, Kent , submitted 37 fraudulent tax credit claims to HMRC.
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Martin Brown, Assistant Director of Criminal Investigation for HMRC, said:
"Criminals like these are motivated by pure greed and steal money that is meant to give financial help to the most vulnerable people in our society. HMRC is cracking down on tax and benefits fraud and I urge anyone who has information on this type of criminal activity to call the National Benefit Fraud Hotline on 0800 854 440."
All three were arrested on 22 July 2010 and charged in April 2011. During searches of properties carried out at the time of arrest, documentation including 30 Slovakian passports, tax credit paperwork, national insurance cards, 50 birth certificates, bank cards, bank account details and just under £30,000 cash was seized by officers.
The gang were charged and found guilty of tax credit fraud and money laundering offences in relation to allegations that they transferred over £60K of the proceeds of the fraud to Slovakia. Two of the defendants were also convicted of possessing the proceeds of crime, the cash found at their home address.email: dover7@msn.com - 7 November 2011 10:00135291Thats where a considerable amount of our taxes went last year. As we mentioned previously on another thread re that TV programme a few days ago, there are many cheating the system. Some homegrown, some not. The guys here managed to cheat us out of £680,000 hard won pounds. A fortune. Well done the HMRC in this case.email: dover7@msn.com
- Jan Higgins
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7 November 2011 10:18135292I hope they are deported after serving their sentence but bet they stay because of Human Rights. Paul, do you know how long the sentences were.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7 November 2011 10:26135293Ah yes..some extra info here Jan.
Female at the top who although innocent looking was clearly the ringleader got 4 1/2 years.
Her husband next one down got 3 1/2 years.
Her brother in bottom pic got 3 years.email: dover7@msn.com - 7 November 2011 10:53135298wonder if their passports were checked ? could have been after the time the minister said you are working too hard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Jan Higgins
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7 November 2011 10:59135299Thanks Paul
They are serving a sensible term in prison not the months that I was expecting to hear.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7 November 2011 11:22135301i remember them being charged and bailed a long time back, i am surprised they returned for the trial.
- 7 November 2011 14:06135317Jan, if you think that 4 and a half years means anything near that, then you are, sadly, mistaken.
They will be out much sooner.
My guess is, once out (early next year) one will adopt a cat, another will receive £17,000 compensation awards for being wrongly imprisoned, the third will end up on benefits in a council flat
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7 November 2011 15:13135323at least they have been sentenced and caught.ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 November 2011 16:32135338I see this story was featured on the BBC lunchtime news and they showed the pictures above. It catches the eye because of the huge sum of money involved. The good news is as Keef says there, we got them off our streets... they were caught and arrested and sentenced. I suspect they will serve a good deal of that sentence as they will get little sympathy from anyone in the system.email: dover7@msn.com
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7 November 2011 16:40135341a criminal record as well so wil be watched moreALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 November 2011 18:40135359what is that knitting saying ---- pearl one miss one ? ? search this plane miss that one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 7 November 2011 19:08135369Sadly it's nothing to do with impressing people in the system - people are entitled to be considered for release from around 1/3 of the way through their sentence, whether that is tagged or full release. Most people serve roughly half, or less.
- 7 November 2011 20:22135394Thanks Bern for the clarification. It proves that the three above will be out within a year or little more.
And needless to say, the enraged community that they were maintaining in Slovakia will be over here in no time, quite legally claiming benefits!
And yes, you guessed it, they will also get the benefits, and free housing to boot.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 7 November 2011 20:23135397Of-course the money will come out of our pockets! Who else's?Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 8 November 2011 07:20135444I think it is a very short sentence, especially with the sums involved.
As we know the country they came from, why can't we send them back to where they came from to serve their sentence; I'm sure they'd spend more of it there, than here.
These are the things the Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary should be working on. perhaps we could do so if we weren't dictated to by EU beaurocrats ?
Every one is too free and easy with OUR money - apart from those who have to work for it.
Roger - 8 November 2011 15:04135509Roger, a large number of those involved in the fraud are actually in Slovakia, where they were living while receiving a share in the benefits.
The question arises: how many more people residing in other countries are receiving benefits from Britain after coming here, showing their documents in order to claim benefits, openong a UK easycash account, and then going back home?
All they need is someone linked to them (the cousin) and resident here (also on benefits and indeed living in a council flat) who draws the money from the UK easycash bank account.
As "vulnerable people", they will have no-doubt been put on top of the list for council houses the moment they arrived here.
Partially related to the mentioned case in post 1 is the fact that many eastern European workers in the UK quite legally receive child's allowance for their children living in eastern Europe (ie with the grandma).Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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8 November 2011 16:45135534roger,i suppose 25 years wouldnt have been long enough either.
as i've said about the eu you have two choices, 1,obey the rules or 2,ignore them. and in this case option 2 would work.
