Former Leeds businessman's £9million fraud funded lavish lifestyle and flash cars
A high-flying businessman who masterminded a sophisticated £9.8 million international VAT fraud to fund his lavish lifestyle of flash cars and a luxury Spanish home, has been jailed for nine years.
Jason Butler, 46, formerly of Leeds, created hundreds of false invoices to steal millions of pounds in VAT and tried to hide the scam in a complex trading chain involving companies in the UK, Gibraltar, Spain and the US, an investigation by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed.
Butler, who now lives in Spain, told HMRC he bought almost £60 million worth of personal data, but checks revealed this was a lie.
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