Meeson guilty of £5m pensions tax fraud

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson and his business associate Peter Bradley have been found guilty of a £5m pension fraud.

A jury at Birmingham Crown Court convicted Meeson, the former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians, 52, and business partner Peter Spencer Bradley, 46, for claiming £5m in tax relief for a fictitious pension scheme. But Alison Jayne Bradley, 48, wife of Peter Bradley, was found not guilty of conspiracy to cheat HM Revenue and Customs between 1 January 2006 and 30 April 2010. The fourth defendant Steven Price, 48, was also found not guilty of conspiracy and not guilty of acquiring criminal property from the proceeds of the fraud. Sentencing is expected later this aft...