ian1964 10,411 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) Police Scotland to investigate itself as Prosecutors reveal allegations PR team’s ex-cops may have asked serving colleagues for leaks on HMRC investigations crown office AMID an on-going investigation by Police Scotland into leaks of private emails, documents & sound recordings relating to Rangers football club and the saga which ultimately led to the club’s demise into insolvency, it has now emerged from sources at Scotland’s Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) that retired & currently serving Police officers may be implicated in the burgeoning scandal. According to prosecutors, the revelations if true, may make it difficult for Police Scotland to impartially investigate the affair. Yesterday (Saturday), sources within the Crown Office identified allegations contained in material now in the possession of prosecutors which refer to possible discussions between former Police Officers employed employed by a media firm connected to Rangers FC and serving Police officers in what would have been Strathclyde Police under the command of Chief Constable Stephen House. Quotes from documents in the hands of prosecutors appear to indicate suggestions of discussions between “internal security people” and “still serving colleagues” with a view to obtaining details of operations & investigations being conducted by HMRC officials regarding the football club’s tax affairs. Prosecutors now appear to be convinced such conversations and possibly meetings between ex Police Officers & serving Police Officers took place. In an unannounced move, a senior Crown Office prosecutor has now been appointed to look at whether persons identified in the leaked documents may be charged with criminal offences over revelations that photographs & personal details of HMRC staff and civil servants may have been obtained and published online in an effort to derail investigations on the Rangers tax case in 2011. Prosecutors are also looking into whether the information identifying HMRC personnel may have been provided by serving Police Officers to former colleagues and those with an interest in defending the football club from the tax investigations. Meanwhile the Twitter account known as Charlotte Fakeovers (@charlotteFakes) at the heart of the investigation has been deleted and is no longer available. A number of documents published by the twitter account have also been withdrawn from circulation. No one from the Crown Office or Police Scotland was available to give official comment on the current state of the investigation. One can only suspect that the media firm involved is MediaHouse. Also, one may ask, how did this information get to the police? It appears to me that daggers are drawn http://scottishlaw.blogspot.ie/2013/09/police-scotland-to-investigate-itself.html Edited September 9, 2013 by Zappa fixing link 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgacus 8 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Is this McConville's blog - and is there any corroboration of these claims? Why would the police be taking photos of HMRC Staff and how would they have their personal details, it's more likely that they were photographed by either press photographers hanging about Ibrox or by staff or other people at Ibrox. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Is this McConville's blog - and is there any corroboration of these claims? Why would the police be taking photos of HMRC Staff and how would they have their personal details, it's more likely that they were photographed by either press photographers hanging about Ibrox or by staff or other people at Ibrox. No it's not McConville's. The police didn't take the photos, I read the emails in question at the time they were released and they appear to state that Jack Irvine arranged for the photographs to be taken. It doesn't take a great powers of deduction to work out the "retired Police officer". 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchorman 0 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 OK I'm only an amateur in all this stuff so I may be way off the mark, but: "It has now emerged from sources at Scotland’s Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)...." - Is this a leak from the department investigating leaks? The police about to investigate themselves? OK, call me a cynic, but........ Who exactly is this source? Maybe I'm looking into this too much, but when hounds are closing in on the scent of a runaway criminal, it's not unusual for the 'runner' to put the scent of an 'innocent kill' in the way. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 My head hurts with all this shit. It's bloody relentless. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy 0 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 No it's not McConville's. The police didn't take the photos, I read the emails in question at the time they were released and they appear to state that Jack Irvine arranged for the photographs to be taken. It doesn't take a great powers of deduction to work out the "retired Police officer". For those residing outside of Scotland it might. PM if not comfortable on the main message board. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 No it's not McConville's. The police didn't take the photos, I read the emails in question at the time they were released and they appear to state that Jack Irvine arranged for the photographs to be taken. It doesn't take a great powers of deduction to work out the "retired Police officer". Is this then Jack Irvine briefing against the Club with the intention of bringing the share price down for someone's benefit? BTW, thought COPFS didn't leak on live cases - particularly in the case of the Police investigating themselves and former colleagues. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgacus 8 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 This may be more of a problem for Jack than anyone else. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Given the anti-Rangers source of the article, I would treat it with scepticism. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 So, after all the illegal leaks, false trails, assumptions of guilt and downright bullshit, the main focus of the police investigation is now 'who tried to expose the RTC blogger?' Sounds like Timmy's usual establishment fantasy crap, tbh. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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