Essex News & Investigations

THOUSANDS of UK businesses are suspected of using an illegal software to avoid paying tax on till sales through card and phone payments....

A BUSINESSMAN has lost more than £450,000, including a £20,000 Covid bounce-back loan, after National Crime Agency (NCA) civil action....

Police in Bedfordshire have successfully confiscated and forfeited almost £2 million from criminals in 2021. Throughout the year, the...

AN ICE cream van boss has been accused of not paying tax on profits linked to drugs and other crime for 18 years Tonino "Tony" Persico,...

A man has been found guilty of possessing more than £1 million worth of counterfeit notes. Emil Bogdan Savastru, 31, of no fixed address,...

AN illegal "Amazon or eBay of boiler room investment frauds" could emerge to con ethical investors in the wake of Cop26, lawyers who...

AN ACCOUNTANT accused of money laundering for organised criminals has surrendered assets of £1.9 in a civil recovery settlement with the...

A KENT international businessman is fighting extradition amid allegations he engaged in "unregulated securities and investment business"...

COMMENT & OPINION: The below is the honestly held opinion of the author based on the available facts: In August 2019 I was in the party...

TAXPAYERS could soon find out what happened to millions of pounds of their cash that was paid to the defunct charity Kids Company as a...