Jim Devine Charged After Sunlight Investigation

Posted on Feb 5, 2010 in blog, Expenses, frontpage, Jim Devine, Uncategorized The Crown Prosecution Service said “Two charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for false accounting have been brought against Jim Devine MP. The first charge alleges that between July 2008 and April 2009, Mr Devine dishonestly claimed £3,240 for cleaning services using false invoices. The second charge alleges that in March 2009, Mr Devine dishonestly claimed £5,505 for stationery...
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Jim Devine Considers Legal Action Over Expenses

Posted on Oct 14, 2009 in blog, Jim Devine, Uncategorized Jim Devine the MP who the Sunlight Centre reported to the police for abusing his expenses is considering legal action against the Labour Party after it barred him from standing again as a candidate because of his expense claims.  The Sunlight Centre originally reported Mr Devine to the police over bogus claims he made for over £4,500 worth of shelves and repairs at his constituency...
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Jim Devine MP Reported to Scotland Yard

Posted on Jun 21, 2009 in blog, Expenses, frontpage, Jim Devine, press, projects The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has reported Jim Devine MP to the Metropolitan Police with regard to his parliamentary expenses on 20th June 2009.  This includes the work completed on the shelves and rewiring that Mr Devine subsequently claimed for via a company that did not have a valid VAT number.  Below is the letter send to the specialist economic fraud team at Scotland...
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Jim Devine MP Press Release

Posted on Jun 21, 2009 in blog, Jim Devine The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has reported Jim Devine MP to the Metropolitan Police with regard to his parliamentary expenses.  Below you can find the press release and link to the same release on Scribd. Devine Press Release...
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