Sunday, February 12, 2012

Bankers arrested in tax probe

Bankers arrested in tax probe

02/10/2012
People walk past a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) building in the City of London January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
LONDON | Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:15am GMT
(Reuters) - Several British bankers have been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged tax-related criminal offences, the country's customs and revenue service said on Sunday, including some from Royal Bank of Scotland.

"As a result of an ongoing HMRC investigation into tax-related criminal offences, HMRC has arrested a number of people, some of whom work for UK banks," Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) department said in a statement.

 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/12/uk-british-banks-probe-idUKTRE81B09K20120212