Pension tax fraudsters jailed for 8.5 years each after pocketing £5m

The pair were today found guilty by a jury for claiming almost £5m in tax relief for a ficticious pension scheme and sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court today. Meeson, 52, the former director of the Association of Tax Technicians, and business associate Bradley, 46, have also been banned from holding directorships of listed companies for six years. Sentencing Meeson and Bradley, Judge Patrick Thomas QC said the fraud amounted to "an act of gross dishonesty". "They created an entirely fictitious pension fund and obtained in a period of three years £4.9m," said the judge. "This wa...