Facebook Photos Help Nail U.K. Tax Cheat

Hazel Cunningham in Ashford, U.K. wound up in Folkestone Magistrates' Court in Kent after fraud investigators working for local taxation authorities found her Facebook photos didn't jibe with her tax filings.

Make sure your Facebook photos don’t contradict your tax returns, or the authorities will catch up with you.
Hazel Cunningham in Ashford, U.K. wound up in Folkestone Magistrates’ Court in Kent after fraud investigators working for local taxation authorities found her Facebook photos didn’t jibe with her tax filings.

She had posted on Facebook images of her lavish vacations in Turkey three times a year, plus a trip to Barbados to get married; but her tax returns suggested she had no ability to afford such trips.

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