Jail for legal clerk in GBP200 million money laundering scam.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 June 2006-UK Government: Jail for legal clerk in GBP200 million money laundering scam(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06062006 A senior legal executive employed by a Hampshire law firm was today jailed for six years for his role in laundering more than GBP200 million from the proceeds of a complex VAT fraud, following a lengthy investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

His Honour Justice Rivlin sentenced Laurence Peter Ford of law firm Beveridge Gauntlett Solicitors to six years imprisonment after the jury found him guilty of money laundering charges at Southwark Crown Court on Friday 2 June 2006. Passing sentence His Honour Justice Rivlin told Ford, "The scheme was deliberately and carefully planned and executed to assist men...

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