The Pensioner with Money in his Underpants.

• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  2 March 2011     12:3594878
  #1      
  HMRC latest release...Many thanks to them as ever
  
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  A 69 year old man who concealed almost £60,000 of cash in his underpants in an attempt to smuggle it out of the country, has been ordered to payback £380,000, or face a further four years in jail.
  
  At a confiscation hearing at Canterbury Crown Court, John Anthony Maurice, a semi-retired property salesman of Barnstaple, north Devon, was ordered to payback the money by 1 September 2011, after the Court heard he had hidden assets totalling £380,000.
  
  Upon granting the order, Her Honour Judge Adele Williams called Mr Maurice
  "......an intelligent, sophisticated and practised liar."
  
  Robert Alder, Assistant Director of Criminal Investigation for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) said:
  "Confiscation proceedings show that our work doesn't stop once someone is convicted; we then start proceedings to reclaim the profits of their crime. If Maurice doesn't pay back the £380,000 he's been ordered to he will have to serve a further four years in jail and will still owe the money.
  
  If you have information relating to this type of crime, or the whereabouts of Maurice's assets, please call our 24-hour hotline on 0800 59 5000 or email: customs.hotline@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk and help us stamp it out."
  
  Maurice pleaded guilty to almost £4 million in money laundering offences and was jailed on 3 March 2010 for four years. HMRC began an investigation after Maurice was stopped as he was waiting to board a ferry from Dover to France. When challenged, he produced 63,000 euros and £2,600 sterling from his underpants.
  
  This money which equated to £53,235 plus accrued interest, had already forfeited to the Crown following an application under Section 298 Proceeds of Crime Act 2008 at Dover Magistrates 25 March 2010.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  2 March 2011     12:5094879
  #2      
  I do the same but it is in coppers.
• Jimmy Long

  • Location: Dover
  2 March 2011     15:2294894
  #3      
  Vic,
  I have this uncanny feeling that that is the sort of thing you would do!!
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  2 March 2011     16:0094897
  #4      
  we can only hope that the customs officer remembered to wash his hands after receiving the money.
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  2 March 2011     16:1394899
  #5      
  Also too..note that it was a Lady Judge. She may well have had to rifle though the evidence and perhaps even through the underpants, maybe they were 'exhibit A'. One shudders. Still, those wipes and liquids that kill all infections nowadays from MRSA down may have been called into play under Health & Safety rules.
  
  But pondering aloud..I wonder how much money one is allowed to bring in and out of Dover without getting arrested. I personally am not aware of any levels. I dont want anyone rifling through my underwear searching for me hidden £100.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 660

  • Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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  2 March 2011     16:2194901
  #6      
  The Lady Judge Adele Williams is of course a visitor to Dover as she is married to Dover Town Council's Hon recorder Judge Andrew Patience she is a murder Judge as well having her ticket.
  If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!