An ex-Lancashire council employee, who faked building works to steal almost £1m, has been jailed.
Stephen Crewdson, from Manchester, was convicted of fraud and money laundering after charging Lancashire County Council for bogus construction work over five years.
Crewdson arranged for building suppliers to bill the council for work that never existed. Money paid to the builders was then laundered through various bank accounts back to Crewdson.
In 2011, when HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigators began to check suspicious transactions, Crewdson created his own fake business, BBM, registered it for VAT via an accountant and attempted to justify further fake invoices and fraudulent VAT returns to disguise his crimes.
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