Director of Chartered firm among 13 charged over £2.5m film tax fraud

Laura Miller
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A financial adviser is among 13 people charged in connection with allegations that they conspired to cheat HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) out of £2.5m of tax via a complex film scheme designed for that purpose.

Neil Williams-Denton is a director of Chartered IFA firm Greystone Financial Services, according to the company's website. He is listed on the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) register as being ‘active' and having held his position at Greystone since 2002. He is charged with two counts of conspiracy to cheat the Revenue relating to both partnership Edinburgh & Walsh, which was dissolved in June 2011, and another firm Jenkins and Hyde and Maclellan. Among the others charged are three former RBS bankers. Vincent Walsh, Jason Edinburgh, and Assad Amin all worked for RBS until 2012 ...

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