Monday, 10 October 2011

BNP scams exposed (again)

Recommended viewing is tonight’s edition of Panorama and its exposé of dodgy financial dealings within the BNP.

Key figures leading the fragmented nationalist rabble are under investigation for alleged fraud and breaches of electoral law.

The involvement of EU investigators and the Metropolitan Police follows claims by a former member of staff that she was told to falsify invoices sent to the Electoral Commission.

Nick Griffin, who frequently found himself hauled before the High Court over financial 'anomalies', has predictably denied any suggestion of wrongdoing. However, the BBC current affairs programme will question the methods by he managed to reduce the party’s debts from £570,000 to a reported £52,000 in just 12 months. 

According the former party worker Marion Thomas, it comes down to a series of scams and some creative accounting which involved alteration of invoices and lying about payments.

Panorama: BNP - The Fraud Exposed, tonight at 8.30pm

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