Accountant jailed for VAT scam
An accountant has been jailed after claiming more than 100 fraudulent repayments in a £400,000 VAT scam.
He was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for VAT fraud and a further 12 months for attempting to pervert the course of justice, after forging a medical report from a Cypriot hospital in an attempt to avoid the trial.
An investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found false claims had been submitted for hijacked businesses and fake firms over a three-year period.
Nick Stone, assistant director at HMRC's fra... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
