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A former builder who falsely claimed £750,000 of VAT repayments to fund his gambling habit and living expenses has been jailed.
Peter Howes, 58, of Waterlooville, Hampshire, submitted fraudulent VAT returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) between June 2011 and October 2017. He claimed he was working as a builder and entitled to VAT repayments on his taxable purchases. But investigators found Howes hadn’t been working and had simply made up the figures on his VAT returns.
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