Ex-39 Essex Street QC handed three and a half year tax fraud sentence
Former 39 Essex Street QC Rohan Pershad has been jailed for three and a half years after being found guilty of tax fraud worth more than £600,000. The sentencing today (26 February) in court room five of Blackfriars Crown Court comes after clinical negligence specialist Pershad took silk just two years ago.
February 26, 2013 at 06:01 AM
4 minute read
Former 39 Essex Street QC Rohan Pershad has been jailed for three and a half years after being found guilty of tax fraud worth more than £600,000.
The sentencing today (26 February) in court room five of Blackfriars Crown Court comes after clinical negligence specialist Pershad took silk just two years ago.
Investigators at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found that Pershad failed to declare or pay £627,839 of VAT over a period of 12 years, instead spending the cash on luxury homes and private school fees for his children.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Trending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 2Wine, Dine and Grind (Through the Weekend): Summer Associates Thirst For Experience in 'Real Matters'
- 3'That's Disappointing': Only 11% of MDL Appointments Went to Attorneys of Color in 2023
- 4What We Know About the Kentucky Judge Killed in His Chambers
- 5'I'm Staying Everything': Texas Bankruptcy Judge Halts Talc Trials Against J&J
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250