A man and two women have appeared in court accused of "cheating the public revenue" out of thousands of pounds.
Jamie Fenwick, Beverley Allcock and Dawn Parker were alleged to have falsely claimed tax repayments by declaring false details of their incomes, employment and benefits on dates between 2018 and 2020. Allcock and Parker also faced further charges of entering into or being concerned in the acquisition, retention or control of criminal property.
All three were in the dock for a brief hearing at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
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Fenwick, 35, of Brack Terrace, in Gateshead, faced two counts of cheating the public revenue. The first charge read: "Between 07/05/2018 and 17/01/2020 at Jarrow was concerned in cheating the public revenue by in the form of Income Tax repayments by submitting to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs online income tax self -assessment returns in Jamie Fenwick’s name for the 6th day of April 2016 to 5th day of April 2017, 6th day of April 2017 to 5th day of April 2018, and 6th day of April 2018 to 5th day of April 2019, and falsely claiming tax repayments of£9,900, £9,680 and £8,069.76 and for each respective tax year, by declaring false details of Jamie Fenwick’s employment, income and benefits."
The second charge was the same except it involved an allegation of falsely claiming a tax repayment of £9,028 for the tax year April 2019 to April 2020.
Allcock, 55, of Monastery Court, in Jarrow, faced two counts of cheating the pubic revenue and two of entering into or being concerned in the acquisition, retention or control of criminal property.
The first cheating public revenue charge read: "Between 11/10/2020 and 22/10/2020 at Jarrow was concerned in cheating the public revenue by in the form of Income Tax repayments by submitting to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs online income tax self assessment returns in the name of Beverley Allcock for the tax periods 6th day of April 2016 to 5th day of April 2017 and 6th day of April 2017 to 5th day of April 2018 and falsely claiming tax repayments of £5,383.60 and £7,003.17 for each respective tax year, by declaring false details of her employment, income and benefits."
The second cheating revenue charge related to allegedly giving false details of Fenwick's income, employment and benefits.
Parker, 42, of Saxon Way, in Jarrow, faced one count of cheating the public revenue and two of being concerned in the acquisition, retention or control of criminal property.
The cheating public revenue charge read: "Between 20/01/2020 and 08/02/2020 at Jarrow was concerned in cheating the public revenue by in the form of Income Tax repayments by submitting to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs online income tax self-assessment returns in the name of Dawn Parker for the tax periods 6th day of April2016 to 5th day of April 2017, 6th day of April 2017 to 5th day of April 2018, and 6th day of April 2019 to 5th day of April 2020, and falsely claiming tax repayments of £9,713.06, £8,322.17 and £8,440.62 for each respective tax year, by declaring false details of her employment, income and benefits."
Because of the seriousness of the charges, the case could only be heard at the crown court and no pleas were taken. Instead, Fenwick, Allcock and Parker confirmed their names, dates of birth and addresses and that they understood the proceedings.
District Judge Paul Currer said: "The charges come from an investigation carried out by HMRC. The public revenue charges are indictable only and can only be dealt with at the crown court. So, I'm sending you to Newcastle Crown Court along with the related offences.
"You will next appear there on February 22 at 10am. Please make sure you attend. If you don't, you commit an offence for which you could be prosecuted. You're on unconditional bail."
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