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The case is a result of a targeted 'carrot and stick' HMRC campaign aimed at encouraging doctors and other medical professionals to declare their unpaid tax under more favourable terms, before HMRC took action·
Khaled Yasin, 64, was paid £1.3 million for his work as a Forensic Medical Examiner for the Metropolitan Police Service over an eleven year period. However, he only paid tax on £655,955 of that money, which meant he avoided a £300,000 tax bill. He also owes £50,000 in interest.
He was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete a 200 hour community punishment order after being found guilty of eight charges of Cheating the Public Revenue contrary to Common Law.
David Margree, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation, HMRC, said: “Yasin thought he could get away with the fraud because he had declared some of his earnings – he was wrong. This was a serious breach of Yasin’s professional standards.
"Had he come forward in 2010, and used the voluntary disclosure campaign to put his financial affairs in order, he could have avoided a criminal record and serious damage to his reputation.”
The fraud took place between April 2002 and April 2011. During this time Yasin also worked as a GP for a health centre in Brentford, Hounslow.
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