The Preston mastermind of a fake designer clothing scam has been convicted of one of the UK’s largest ever carousel tax frauds
The mastermind of a fake designer clothing scam has been convicted of one of the UK’s largest ever carousel tax frauds.Sock manufacturer Arif Patel, 55, formerly of Sharoe Green Lane in Fulwood, and his criminal gang tried to steal £97 million through VAT repayment claims on false exports of textiles and mobile phones.
HMRC has also restrained more than £78 million of the gang’s UK assets and proceedings are now underway to recover these funds for the public purse. “Our work doesn’t stop here. We have more than £78 million of the gang’s UK assets restrained and have begun the process to recover all those proceeds of crime.”
Arif Patel and the Faisaltex group of companies had turned to bulk imports of counterfeit clothing in 2004. During the next three years dozens of containers with fake designer clothing inside were stopped at ports across the UK, including Liverpool, Southampton and Felixstowe. Onward distribution to UK traders was confirmed when a delivery to a Glasgow wholesaler was intercepted by police and revealed to be poorly made designer rip-offs.
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