BRITAIN’S ‘MOST WANTED’ TAX EVADER SLIPPED THE NET
August 1st, 2013
OFFICIALS at Britain’s tax and customs agency HMRC admitted this week that one of the latest additions to their online gallery of 'Most Wanted' tax evaders slipped the net after being convicted on May 3 of Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud.58-year-old Mohammad Tanwir Khan, of Stockport, Greater Manchester, was found guilty of a VAT repayment fraud of more than GBP817, 000. It involved submitting 389 false invoices from his privately-owned company Spearpoint Ltd, linked to fictitious exports to Pakistan between 2006 and 2011.Khan was originally arrested in 2011 but ...
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