Fourteen people - including a former HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officer - have been ordered to pay back over £1m for their part in a £1.2m tax fraud.
It follows the prosecution of Michael Kitchen, 47, a former administrative officer for HMRC, who had diverted £1.2m in tax payments to his 13 co-defendants. All were sentenced earlier this year at Liverpool Crown Court. Kitchen and seven others were jailed for a total of 18.5 years, and will serve more time in prison if they do not pay up. Four others received suspended sentences but will go to jail if they do not pay within the time specified; the remaining two have already paid. Kitchen's job involved allocating payments made by businesses to their Pay As You Earn (PAYE) accou...
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