The top tax criminals of 2012 were sentenced to a combined total of 155 years and 10 months behind bars, HM Revenue & Customs said today.
Over 30 of the UK's top tax cheats are being publicised on Flickr, the photo-sharing website, as part of HMRC's current Tax Evasion Campaign.
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said: "The Government is committed to closing in on tax evaders. Collectively the 32 criminals have been sentenced to more than 150 years. Most people play by the rules and pay what they owe, but HMRC is cracking down on those who don't.
"We hope that publishing these pictures will help get across that it always makes sense to declare all your income, and tax dodgers are simply storing up trouble for the future."
HMRC's top tax criminals of 2012 can be seen here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmrcgovuk/sets/72157632409515581
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A tax evasion campaign has been launched by HMRC as part of the Government's £917 million investment to tackle tax evasion, avoidance and fraud from 2011-12. This has been added to with a further £77 million over the next two years, which was announced in December's Autumn Statement. This will aim to raise an additional £7 billion each year by 2014-15
