Documents falsified to evade tax on Abramovich's wealth

Figure caption, Watch: The documents that were falsified to allow Roman Abramovich to evade taxByJames Oliver, Rory Tinman, BBC Panorama and Simon Lock, the Bureau of Investigative JournalismThe world's biggest accountancy firm helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, BBC Panorama has found.Accounts signed off by Deloitte in Cyprus meant assets such as superyachts, mansions and private jets worth $672m (£508m) vanished from Abramovich's company accounts.Deloitte also appears to have advised on a scheme to evade a huge tax bill on the oligarch's wealth through the falsification of documents.Barrister Andrew Mitchell KC, an expert in financial services law, said Panorama's evidence showed the scheme was "straightforward" tax evasion and "it couldn't be more blatant".Roman Abramovich's lawyers said he denies that he evaded tax or concealed his fortune. They said Panorama provided no evidence he knew about, authorised or directed the falsification of any document and said it was legitimate to rely on advice from professionals.Deloitte Cyprus said it "acts in compliance with applicable laws".The findings are being revealed following a joint investi...