HMRC officers charged over data leak for cash

Two HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers have been charged with passing on confidential taxpayer information in exchange for payment.

Hafsa Ahmed, 29 and Mohammed Suhaib, 28, both from Bradford, are accused of abusing their positions by accessing private tax records and passing on details to an unauthorised third party.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between April and November 2020.

Both men, who have also been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, were due to appear before Bradford Magistrates' Court earlier.

Ahmed, of Poplar Grove, and Suhaib, of Jesmond Avenue, have each been charged with one count of misconduct in public office and one count conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

They have been charged alongside a number of other people who are alleged to have been involved.

Ali Hassan Hamid, 30, of Waverley Road, Bradford; Zeeshan Saddique, 34, of Ruby Terrace, Goldsmith Close, Harrow and Kiran Kanwal, 37, of Willow Close, Leeds, have been charged with helping to acquire, keep, use, or control money or assets that they knew or suspected came from crime.

Mohammed Sadique Khan, 30, of Radfield Drive, Bradford has been charged with three counts of the above offence as well as conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

Fareeaa Mouladad-Piranditta, 30, of Ruby Terrace, Goldsmith Close, Harrow, has been charged with concealing, disguising, converting, transferring, or removing criminal property.

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