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Supercar-loving father and son sentenced for £1.5m horse box VAT scam

Lavish lifestyle of Ferraris and Aston Martins revealed as duo who hid money in bathroom safe are sentenced after investigation into a £1.5m VAT fraud.

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September 06, 2019

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Geoffrey Butchers pleaded guilty to VAT fraud in January 2018 and his son Phillip pleaded guilty to money laundering charges on 5 August 2019. Both men received sentences at Northampton Crown Court yesterday (4 September 2019).

Read more at the Accountancy Daily.

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