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Five men accused of stealing personal data to carry out tax rebate fraud worth £500,000 have been arrested, HM Revenue and Customs has said. They are accused of setting up false self-assessment accounts from June 2012 with the aim of stealing rebates. HMRC said its "online systems proved extremely resilient to these attacks".
The men were arrested in London, at Stansted airport and in Chatham, Kent. One has been charged with cheating the Revenue and four have been bailed. HMRC spokesman Andrew Sackey said: "HMRC's online systems proved extremely resilient to these attacks - they correctly identified and prevented the vast majority of false repayment attempts from the outset.....Read more here
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