Information commissioner investigates HMRC over whistleblower inquiry
The information commissioner has launched an inquiry into the way tax investigators obtained and used personal information belonging to the family of a whistleblower who exposed a multimillion-pound "sweetheart" tax deal with Goldman Sachs. Telephone numbers and the address of Osita Mba, a revenue solicitor, and his wife, Claudia, were passed on to the criminal investigations unit of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs last year by a manager, according to documents seen by the Guardian.Shred your documents