West Midlands workers arrested in fraud probe are bailed

Sep 10 2009 by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail

CONSTRUCTION firm workers arrested in swoops across the West Midlands as part of an inquiry into a multi-million pound income tax fraud have been released on bail.

A total of 23 people, 17 from the West Midlands, were held yesterday in a series of raids co-ordinated by Customs and Excise officers and police.

The raids come after a nine-month investigation into rogue companies which were set up by contractors to employ labourers but vanished before paying income tax and National Insurance contributions to the Inland Revenue.