{"id":4335,"date":"2009-11-28T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T11:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/11\/28\/jail-for-tax-fraud-family\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:07:00","slug":"jail-for-tax-fraud-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/28\/jail-for-tax-fraud-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Jail for Tax Fraud family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a3771,000 scam saw construction boss Amarjit Singh Sidhu fund lavish lifestyle <\/h3>\n
\"\"THREE members of the same family have been jailed for a total of seven and a half years for a tax fraud which saw them net over \u00a3750,000.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Construction company boss Amarjit Singh Sidhu, 49, stole an astonishing \u00a3771,000 in income tax, National Insurance and VAT which was owed to HM Revenue & Customs. <\/div>\n

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The money was used to fund a lavish lifestyle including a \u00a31m home in Slough. <\/div>\n

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Sidhu\u2019s wife, Balwant Kaur Sidhu, cousin, Surjit Singh Dhindsa and brother-in-law Rajinder Singh Bhattle were also jailed for their part in the scam. <\/div>\n

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The group were found guilty at Reading Crown Court last month, and jailed today. <\/div>\n

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Sidhu was jailed for four and a half years and disqualified from being a company director for 10 years. <\/div>\n

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His wife, Balwant was given a 12 month sentence, suspended for 12 months, and disqualified from being a company director for five years. <\/div>\n

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Dhindsa was jailed for 20 months and disqualified from being a company director for five years, while Bhattle was jailed for 16 months and also disqualified from being a company director for five years. <\/div>\n

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The court heard Sidhu was company director for Multiple Construction Limited, a labour supply business based in Slough. In April 2004 the company transferred all of its 200 employees to another company, Tempaid Limited, run by Bhattle and Dhindsa. <\/div>\n

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The Court heard that the fraudsters created Tempaid Limited in an attempt to evade tax and reduce the VAT liability of Multiple Construction Limited.<\/div>\n

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In reality the 200-strong workforce was never transferred. Labourers were paid in cash and of the 200 employees listed on the books, 113 had fake National Insurance numbers, an investigation uncovered. <\/div>\n

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The fraud was uncovered when both companies went into liquidation in 2005.<\/div>\n

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Sentencing them, Judge G Risius CB said: “There was an element of professional planning. This was a deliberate attempt to mislead revenue investigators.”<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors are now seeking to confiscate Sidhu’s assets including his \u00a31m home which was remortgaged after his arrest three years ago when he transferred \u00a3800,000 of equity to India.<\/div>\n

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