An Auckland man has followed his brother to prison for his part in a sophisticated, large-scale fraud against Inland Revenue.

An Auckland woman has been spared imprisonment because of the special needs of her children, but her husband was sentenced to 26 months behind bars for 9 years of tax offending.

Inland Revenue (IR) has identified a coordinated scheme with people claiming bogus expenses and is warning anyone trying to get money that way is committing fraud.