Ringleaders jailed after £5m construction tax fraud

The ringleaders of a gang who triggered Northern Ireland’s biggest ever tax fraud probe have been jailed thanks to secretly recorded conversations in a bugged accountant’s office.
The decade-long investigation into the £5m construction  tax fraud ended this week with prison sentences issued to gang leaders 58-year-old Francis Devlin and 56-year-old Paul McStravick for a combined total of eight years.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) mounted its biggest ever operation in North