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Five-year jail sentence for accountant to the stars

An ICAEW-qualified tax adviser and accountant to the stars, Christopher Lunn, has been jailed for five years for evading around £6m in tax, following a prolonged HMRC investigation.

Lunn ran a Sussex-based accountancy firm, Christopher Lunn & Co, whose 7,000-plus clients included many from the worlds of media and entertainment.

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