Five years jail for mobile phone VAT fraudster
Source: The Register
A fraudster was jailed for five years on Friday after been found guilty of involvement in a multi-million pound mobile phone VAT fraud scam.
Craig Jones, 32, of Hanley, Stoke-on Trent, attempted to defraud Customs of £3.5 million in duties from the sale of mobile phones worth an estimated £19 million, the Daily Mirror reports.
Jones acquired the phones In Europe through his company Hallberg, VAT-free, charged tax to customers in Britain before attempting to skip before paying Customs the money he owed, Stoke Crown Court heard.
