A local businessman has been jailed for more than four years for VAT fraud and money laundering – along with his father and another business owner. The men ran an IT recycling businesses, claiming to be re-selling older machines to companies in Africa. However they were in fact using their company accounts to launder money for a 23-man criminal gang who were later jailed for more than 54 years for a £2.6million tax fraud.
Source: Stoke-on-Trent-Live
