Police bring a civil claim against Tate's?
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I've not seen anything like this before - can anyone explain why a UK police force would be bringing a civil case against someone, regarding not paying any tax in "any" country?
Some selective quoting from the following article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjk3xglre0ko
Devon and Cornwall Police is bringing a civil claim against the brothers and a third person, referred to only as J.
They are accused of paying no tax in any country on their online business revenue between 2014 and 2022.
The force is seeking to recover around £2.8 million in seven frozen bank accounts, an application the three defendants are contesting.
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Devon and Cornwall Police alleges that this was fraud by false misrepresentation.
Ms Clarke said all three would not provide any evidence in the case.
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The proceedings are civil, which uses a lower standard of proof than criminal cases.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring will decide on the balance of probabilities whether what the police claim is true.
Some selective quoting from the following article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjk3xglre0ko
Devon and Cornwall Police is bringing a civil claim against the brothers and a third person, referred to only as J.
They are accused of paying no tax in any country on their online business revenue between 2014 and 2022.
The force is seeking to recover around £2.8 million in seven frozen bank accounts, an application the three defendants are contesting.
...
Devon and Cornwall Police alleges that this was fraud by false misrepresentation.
Ms Clarke said all three would not provide any evidence in the case.
...
The proceedings are civil, which uses a lower standard of proof than criminal cases.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring will decide on the balance of probabilities whether what the police claim is true.
That is the oddest thing, if it was tax, HMRC would deal with it and if it was evasion it would be a criminal matter. Also not paying tax on $21m of revenue is only an issue if there was profit.
The bit that sticks out is the £2.8m frozen, I wonder if this is an effort to force their hand to get more details as no doubt the court will want to know that the £2.8m is legitimate.
The bit that sticks out is the £2.8m frozen, I wonder if this is an effort to force their hand to get more details as no doubt the court will want to know that the £2.8m is legitimate.
Simpo Two said:
I would cut out the messy time-consuming middle bit, put them in jail and give their ill-gotten gains to the poor.
Done
Put the funds towards shutting down the nasty sex-trade in this country. Women brought in from abroad by gangs, then years as slaves before being discarded penniless. Done
From the accounting link above it sounds like it may not be a civil action, but an action in which the burden of proof happens to be the same as in a civil action. I.e. it is still the Crown V Scumbag, but the outcome is financial (all your bank accounts are belong to us) and the burden of proof is balance of probability.
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