Former MEP Ashley Mote jailed over expenses fraud

Ashley Mote, a former member of the European Parliament on a UKIP ticket between 2004 and 2009, was jailed over conviction of 12 charges relating to claims for payments to people he said were whistleblowers.

The offences included fraud, acquiring criminal property and false accounting. Mr Mote was sentenced to five years in prison.

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ESO: Background information: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-345/05. Ashley Neil Mote v Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-judgment-of-the-court-of-first-instance-in-case-t-345-05-ashley-neil-mote-v-parliament/

Politico, 13.07.15: Ex-UKIPer jailed for duping EU Parliament http://www.politico.eu/article/mote-ashley-jailed-fraud-european-parliament-case-uk-ukip-farage/

The Guardian, 13.07.15: Former Ukip MEP sentenced to five years in prison for expenses fraud http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/13/former-ukip-mep-ashley-mote-sentenced-five-years-prison-expenses-fraud

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