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Steven Gerrard sues HSBC for £100m over tax scheme

News Team, 29/01/2019

Glasgow Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is the latest football star to have launched a lawsuit against HSBC’s private bank division, following involvement in controversial tax-avoidance schemes, according to The Times. 

The former England and Liverpool captain is said to have joined other investors including composer Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber in a £100 million lawsuit against the bank, claiming it conspired to defraud them.

The bank is allegedly being sued by a total of 248 wealthy investors who put money in a film investment scheme operated by London-based Ingenious Media which qualified for tax breaks.


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