As widely reported, “Alistair Darling told the House of Commons this afternoon that a police investigation has been launched into how Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has lost child benefit records relating to 25 million people” (ref: The Register).
But, it looks like someone already has placed an advert on ebay for those “missing” Child Benefit CD’s. (Nope, its not real).
Darling admits Revenue loss of 25 million personal records (The Register)