Conveyancer jailed for fraud over stamp duty scam

A warning has gone out to property industry professionals in the UK to make sure they carry out correct Stamp Duty returns after a conveyancer was jailed for stealing money paid by his clients. Anthony Maragh, 57, from Harrow in London, consistently undervalued his clients’ properties so that less stamp duty land tax was paid to Revenue and Customs (HMRC) while he kept the difference. He swindled his clients and HMRC out of almost £352,500 in stamp duty land tax between 2008 and 2013. Tax inv...