A former magistrate and a company director who faked documents in a £1m VAT fraud linked to the house building trade in Lancashire, have been jailed.
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A Dundee businessman, who pleaded guilty to using seven aliases to commit a £166,000 VAT fraud, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after an investigation by HMRC.
An accountant from Birmingham has been jailed for defrauding the British taxpayer of more than £1m in unpaid VAT.
A Scottish accountant and solicitor have been jailed for six-and-a-half years collectively for laundering more than £1.8m from VAT frauds.
A convicted VAT fraudster has been sentenced to a further 10 years in jail after failing to pay a £14m confiscation order.
A Dorset building company director who made fake VAT repayment claims of £1m was jailed for 18 months for fraud.
A barrister who failed to pay more than £600,000 in VAT was convicted for tax fraud this week.

