Thursday, May 19, 2011, 13:56

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Notts-pair-arrested-alleged-money-laundering-scam-month-investigation/article-3575594-detail/article.html

TWO Notts men were arrested in connection with a £200m money laundering scam following a ten-month investigation, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed.

Officers swooped on properties across Notts, the north west and Yorkshire on Wednesday, making 15 arrests.

They included a 43-year-old man and a 37-year-old man in Notts, who were arrested as part of the operation, codenamed Enigma.

HMRC officers searched a further 18 addresses and five businesses across the country yesterday, including one business and three residential addresses in Nottingham.

Alan Lee, deputy director for criminal investigation at HMRC, said: "Operation Enigma took ten months to reach the point where we could make the arrests of 12 men and three women.

"During those months HMRC, working with Greater Manchester Police and West Yorkshire & the Humber Police, seized over £300,000 believed to be the proceeds of criminal activity."

A further seven arrests were made in Rochdale, including that of a 71-year-old man and three women.

In Manchester and Southport just one arrest was made while a further four men were arrested in Bradford.