In the podcast ‘Convicted’, Jurgen, an entrepreneur convicted of VAT fraud in 2013, speaks about his desire for a larger, more successful company. To make his company appear bigger, he hired more employees and filed incorrect sales tax returns, resulting in over 800,000 euros in wrongly paid taxes. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison, 5 of which were suspended, and is still paying off his debts.
Source Taxlive