Best London UK-Based Vat Fraud Defence Law Firm chosen to represent AI as Director of a Film Production company accused of a criminal scheme to cheat the Revenue out of over £13M
Operation Baler
We are acting for AI as one of ten individuals charged concerning an alleged criminal scheme by which a number of directors of a film production company cheated the Revenue out of £13m+ of VAT.
The investigation which uncovered this scheme also identified a vast network of fictitious companies. It is said that this network provided a service by which false invoices were raised and the money used to pay them was recycled both through bank accounts managed by the network and by third parties who lent their services to the scheme, enabling the money to be returned to the film production company, minus a fee. The effect was to launder the proceeds of the crime on a massive scale.
At the heart of the scheme were companies belonging to the Prime Focus Group. AI was one of four individuals said to have run the network of sham companies. Although the investigation into the network has focused principally on its use by the Prime Focus companies, they were not its only clients.
